A REVIEW OF DRINKING WATER-HEALTH LINKAGE: IMPLICATION FOR SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH SECTORS

This is a review of the offline journal publication titled: “Drinking Water-Health Linkage: Implication for Educational Development” by Ali Musa Hamdallah publish in the Nigerian base journal titled Journal of Educational Innovators. This review sought to include the public health implications of the research. Nature of water is affected by the presence, extent and types of mineral found in it. The objective of this paper is to draw the attention of educational stakeholders to the importance of considering nature of water as a school science subject topic. Water found in different parts of Nigerian environments is chemically different from one another and thus the questions examined are: What are the implications of these differences? How are these differences incorporated in the national curriculum? What is the health implications of the drinking water found in our environment? The methodology employed in this study is a case study where a social unit is studied under diversifies conditions. The data gathering technique was observation. It also employed ex-post-facto research design. One of the conclusions arrived at was that the nature of drinking water can be linked to poor/good health. The implications and recommendations were indicated.