Mr. D'Souza, Here is information you may find interesting. There is no evidence, 30 years later, that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (which causes AIDS) can exist in soil, in potable water, or the air. The known modes of transmission remains sexual, dirty needles ( IV drugs) and blood product transfusion. " HIV cannot reproduce outside the human body. It is not spread by: Air or water. Insects, including mosquitoes. Studies conducted by CDC researchers and others have shown no evidence of HIV transmission from insects. Saliva, tears, or sweat. There is no documented case of HIV being transmitted by spitting. Casual contact like shaking hands or sharing dishes. Closed-mouth or “social” kissing. " http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/basic/index.htm#spread The issue of contamination of water supplies has been investigated extensively in the aftermath of natural disasters. “ Contamination of water supplies by unburied bodies, burial sites, or temporary storage sites may result in the spread of gastoenteritis from normal intestinal contents. According to a Pan American Health Organization article on the Infectious Disease Risks From Dead Bodies Following Natural Disasters: “ “There is little evidence of microbiological contamination of groundwaterfrom burial [...] Where dead bodies have contaminated water supplies, gastroenteritis has been the most notable problem, although communities will rarely use a water supply where they know it to be contaminated by dead bodies. [...] Microorganisms involved in the decay process (putrefaction) are not pathogenic.” ” To those in close contact with the dead, such as rescue workers, there is a health risk from chronic infectious diseases which those killed may have been suffering from and which spread by direct contact, including hepatitis Band C, HIV, enteric(intestinal) pathogens, tuberculosis, and others.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_risks_from_dead_bodies Best, I. Nunes Vivian A. DSouza socorrokar@yahoo.comwrote: <<<2. When a person dies of an infectious illness such as HIV, or Tuberculosis, when the body is buried the pathogens enter the soil and eventually make their way to underground aquifers....Finally, underground aquifers are interlinked. Pathogens entering the soil in a cemetery can travel and radiate to a distance of several kilometers from the cemetery. Since many people rin Goa rely on hand dug wells for their drinking water do we test the water we drink ?
This is a subject that many will find disturbing. But we need to be informed.>>>