Sharing info. about the right to water, and the need for it to be included in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as article 31!
About Water
Of the 6 billion people on earth, 1.1 billion do not have access to safe, clean drinking water.
(www.charitywater.org)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency currently does not regulate 51 known water contaminants. (www.foodandwaterwatch.org)
While the average American uses 150 gallons of water per day, those in developing countries cannot find five.
(www.charitywater.org)
The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns.
(www.water.org)
According to the National Resources Defense Council, in a scientific study in which more than 1,000 bottles of 103 brands of water were tested, about one-third of the bottles contained synthetic organic chemicals, bacteria, and arsenic. (www.nrdc.org)
Water is a $400 billion dollar global industry; the third largest behind electricity and oil.
CBS News, FLOW (www.flowthefilm.com)
There are estimates that from five hundred thousand to seven million people get sick per year from drinking tap water.
(www.charitywater.org)
The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns.
(www.water.org)
According to the National Resources Defense Council, in a scientific study in which more than 1,000 bottles of 103 brands of water were tested, about one-third of the bottles contained synthetic organic chemicals, bacteria, and arsenic. (www.nrdc.org)
Water is a $400 billion dollar global industry; the third largest behind electricity and oil.
CBS News, FLOW (www.flowthefilm.com)
There are estimates that from five hundred thousand to seven million people get sick per year from drinking tap water.
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