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- not comparablemedicineOf a disease or parasite, carried or transmitted by snails.
Worldwide 200 million people suffer from the snailborne disease schistosomiasis and water projects are largely held responsible.
1985, Edward Goldsmith, Nicholas Hildyard, “The Case Against Superdams”, in Bikas-Binas: Development-Destruction, page 1072 more examples
Grazing the canals also helps control snailborne diseases in the human population because large numbers of snails are killed under the hooves of the grazing animals.
2003, W. Stephen Damron, Introduction to Animal Science: Global, Biological, Social, and Industry Perspectives, page 28Project A, a large-scale irrigation and flood control project with a very high benefit-to-cost ratio, favors large farmers more than poor farmers, and causes waterborne and snailborne diseases such as malaria and schistosomiasis.
2008, Peter P. Rogers, An Introduction to Sustainable Developent, page 46
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