✤ Over 1 billion people worldwide lack proper access to safe and healthy drinking water. Most of the sources of drinking water today are found to be polluted and non-drinkable. The pollutants in the drinking water lead to acute symptoms like nausea, vomiting, dizziness, fever, sore throat, headache, muscle and joint pain. The pollutants can also trigger allergic reactions such as asthma, eye irritation, skin rashes, blisters around the mouth and nose, lung irritation, liver damage and sometimes even death.