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LIFE - WATER and HEALTHLIFE - WATER and HEALTHStanislav RAPANT, Veronika, CVECKOVA, Edgar HILLER, Lubomir JURKOVIC
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ilkovičová 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic, [email protected]
BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROJECT
Acronym: LIFE – WATER and HEALTH Project code: LIFE 17 ENV/SK/000036
Duration: 2018 – 2022 Beneficiary organization: Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
Project title: Improvement of health status of population of the Slovak Republic through drinking water re-carbonizationImprovement of health status of population of the Slovak Republic through drinking water re-carbonization
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECTThe negative influence of drinking water with low Ca and Mg content on cardiovascular diseases (CVD) has been known approximately since the middle of the last century. This effect is best conceived by the familiar slogan of American scientist Schroeder: "soft water – hard vessels, hard water – soft vessels". Based on the two previous projects under the LIFE + program (GEOHEALTH and LIFE FOR KRUPINA), it was confirmed that Ca and Mg in drinking water are the most important chemical elements for human health. With their
-1 -1increased content (Ca > 50 mg.l , Mg > 25 mg.l ), people live in Slovakia longer (up to 4 – 5 years) and we observe reduced mortality rates for different diseases.In this project, we will re-carbonatize (increase the Ca and Mg content) drinking water in two water sources used to supply the population. Along with the monitored increase Ca and Mg contents in drinking water, we will monitor the elasticity of vessels of the population drinking water enriched with Ca and Mg and we will monitor their health status.
The project is supported by the financial instrument LIFE+ and contribution of Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak RepublicAll materials are available on the project website: http://www.fns.uniba.sk/lifewaterhealth
Acknowledgment
This research has been performed within the project: LIFE – WATER and HEALTH (LIFE 17 ENV/SK/000036)
LIST OF ALL PROPOSED
A. Preparatory actions (if needed)
B. Implementation actions (obligatory)B1 Risk analysisB2 Selection of two drinking water sources for water re-carbonizationB3 Laboratory testsB4 BiomonitoringB5 Construction of prototypesB6 Installation of two prototypes into testing operationB7 Installation of two prototypes for water re-carbonization into
continuous operation
C. Monitoring of the impact of the project actions (obligatory)C1 Monitoring of Ca and Mg contents in re-carbonized drinking water
sourcesC2 Monitoring of the health impacts of the project actionsC3 Monitoring of the socio-economic impacts of project actionsC4 Monitoring of the LIFE-cycle assessment
D. Public awareness and dissemination of results (obligatory)D1 Dissemination management and communication activities for
general public and stakeholdersD2 Dissemination of research findings and knowledge transfer among
scientific community and concerned authorities
E. Project management (obligatory)E1 Project administration, management and planning
http://ec.europa.eu/life http://www.fns.uniba.sk http://www.minzp.skhttp://fns.uniba.sk/lifewaterhealth
