A Farm to Fork Risk Assessment for the Use of Wastewater in Agriculture in Accra, Ghana

Prince Antwi-Agyei; Sandy Cairncross; Anne Peasey; Vivien Price; Jane Bruce; Kelly Baker; Christine Moe; Joseph Ampofo; George Armah; Jeroen Ensink

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142346

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A Farm to Fork Risk Assessment for the Use of Wastewater in Agriculture in Accra, Ghana

Prince Antwi-Agyei ,

* E-mail: Prince.AntwiAgyei@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation Environmental Health Group, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel street, WC1E 7HT, London, United Kingdom
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Sandy Cairncross,

Affiliation Environmental Health Group, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel street, WC1E 7HT, London, United Kingdom
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Anne Peasey,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College of London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, United Kingdom
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Vivien Price,

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, United Kingdom
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Jane Bruce,

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel street, London, United Kingdom
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Kelly Baker,

Affiliation Center for Global Safe Water, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Christine Moe,

Affiliation Center for Global Safe Water, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Joseph Ampofo,

Affiliation Water Research Institute (WRI), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Accra, Ghana
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George Armah,

Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana – Legon, Accra, Ghana
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Jeroen Ensink

Affiliation Environmental Health Group, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel street, WC1E 7HT, London, United Kingdom
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A Farm to Fork Risk Assessment for the Use of Wastewater in Agriculture in Accra, Ghana

Prince Antwi-Agyei,
Sandy Cairncross,
Anne Peasey,
Vivien Price,
Jane Bruce,
Kelly Baker,
Christine Moe,
Joseph Ampofo,
George Armah,
Jeroen Ensink

Published: November 10, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142346

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