Access to clean, safe drinking water is one of the worldwide dilemmas that still need solving. One in eight of us worldwide don’t have access to clean drinking water still today. That’s almost a billion people on the planet. Hard to believe.
80% of diseases can be attributed to unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Children are especially susceptible to catching all kinds of diseases as their immune systems are still developing and they aren’t strong enough to fight diarrhea, dysentery and other illnesses. The UN predicts that one tenth of global diseases can be prevented by improving access to clean drinking water and better sanitation.
But the issue of water goes beyond just a human issue. It’s an environmental issue, an animal welfare issue, a sustainability issue. Water is a global issue, deserving a global conversation. By being a master of public health, more of these environmental issues can be resolved. Join in.
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October 15th, 2010 at 05:18 pm by bibi in Blog Action Day, Living Green, clean drinking water, sanitation, water conservation
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Hello friend!
I’m also participating in this important conference blogging and I really enjoyed watching your post to reinforce this awareness.
Though I live in the country which has the largest watershed in the world, we still need a lot of awareness in this sense not to waste water so rare and expensive.
Congratulations!
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“80% of diseases can be attributed to unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war.”
Wow! What a staggering statistic.
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Great article. The water issue is huge and if corrected could help millions of people. Going green will help everybody in the world so the more people that understand this the faster we will be better off. I can offer some good tips on converting your home to solar power to help go green.
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