According tothe WorldhealthOrganisation, water-bornediseasessuch asdiarrhoea, jaundice, typhoid, cholera, polioandgastroenteritis represent the single greatestthreattoglobalhealth.
Samoa, who are England's next opponents on 22 September, had been expected to provide thegreatestthreattothe floundering world champions' hopes of reaching the quarter-finals.
The boss of one of the world's biggest banks told me over the weekend that thegreatestthreattothe recovery of his bank and of the British economy - in his view - is the ever rising burden of fines and compensation faced by all banks for their sloppy, reckless and rule-breaking ways in the boom years.