JAMB - Biology (1989 - No. 36)

which of the ways of controlling bilharzia can result in pollution?
clearing water weeds on which the snail feed
Treating infected people with drugs
Preventing contamination of water by infected urine and faeces
Applying chemical to kill the snails

Explanation

Bilharzia which is also known as Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by a parasite that develops in snails, lives in water and enters humans through your skin. Applying chemicals to ill the snails in the bid to control bilharzia will lead to air pollution because the snails would die and would begin to have offensive smell. However, option D is the correct answer. 

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