Environment & Ecology · Waste Management & Vector Diseases
What is the primary mechanism by which poorly managed solid waste facilitates the spread of vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever?
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- 1It creates stagnant water collections and breeding sites that attract vector species like mosquitoes.✓
- 2It emits toxic gases that directly weaken the human immune system.
- 3It contaminates groundwater with heavy metals that cause vector mutations.
- 4It directly generates airborne pathogens during the decomposition process.
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It creates stagnant water collections and breeding sites that attract vector species like mosquitoes.
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