Fareena

Salam,

You broach too early, really too early, a subject on groundwater pollution, due to the possible existence of Covid -19 corpses.

Firstly, because groundwater is not easily polluted unless you know that the water table is close to the surface of the ground and again.

In addition, this damn Covid only appeared several months ago.

So, you have not enough perspective to undertake this type of research

Regards

Safia

Fareena Ruzaik Your question is valid and worth further study. To penetrate the ground water supply, you need to take into account soil sorption and microbial degradation/predation as well as depth of soils. A more immediate concern is water runoffs from heavy downpour or in unexpected cases flood (especially in this monsoon season for tropical countries).The decaying covid-19 bodies would be a huge source of the virus and if the water runoffs from mass graves for example Iran or Brazil would be significant as these waters can contaminate the source of water supply for human or animals and the latter can become future reservoir (think mink).

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I'm yet to see such research. It will be interesting.

Thanks, Shukor.

Thanks, Koki.

Have not seen yet but the biochemical interaction ongoing will really be a thing to behold especially if it would affect plant that grows around the spot positively or negatively

Normally burial is done at a level of 1.8 m from the surface. So areas with deeper water table for unconfined aquifers will not be affect. Areas with shallow water tables can have some kind of pollution of groundwater. Burial of bodies will not affect confined aquifers.

I have not heard if any work has been done on that. It'd really be interesting to know if a research has been carried out on that.

No, but we have to consider the depth used for their burial and the areas where these dead bodies were also buried.