The Impact of River Water Pollution on Dermatitis Disease Due to Chemical Waste : Literature Review

Abstract

Dermatitis is one of the skin inflammations caused by exogenous or endogenous factors. Rivers polluted with chemical waste are often one of the causes of dermatitis because they contain chemical substances in the form of soaps, detergents, surfactants, organic solvents, and oils. These chemicals can cause dermatitis. According to the world, in 2010 around 230 million people were affected by dermatitis, equivalent to 3.5% of the world's population. This study method is a Literature Review with the keywords dermatitis skin disease, river water pollution, household waste, detergent waste obtained from Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and Pubmed databases with a total of 20 national journals and 7 international journals and the number of journals included in the review is 6 journals. This study were obtained from most of the participants who lived around the river that was polluted with chemical waste experienced dermatitis. In addition, household waste in the form of detergents can also cause dermatitis.