On November 4, 2009, I opened this blog with Blog Action 2009, which was interested in climate change. This year I am pleased to join again as a blogger for a new initiative. Blog Action Day is an event globally in which all the bloggers of the world deal with an issue of social nature. In 2008 the theme was poverty, Climate Change in 2009 and this year October 15, 2010, it is called a precious good for all: water.
This summer, the United Nations has declared access to clean water and sanitation a human right, despite the objection by the United States. Today, nearly one billion people lack basic access to safe drinking water.
Each week nearly 38,000 children under 5 years die from non-drinking water and lack of adequate living conditions.
not only pollution is harmful to the environment but is also expensive! Deaths and illnesses caused by polluted coastal waters costs the global economy $ 12.8 billion.
Today, 40% of rivers and 46% of lakes in America are too polluted for fishing, swimming, or aquatic life. This is not surprising considering the fact that 1.2 billion gallons of untreated sewage, rainwater, and industrial wastes are discharged into U.S. waters each year.
For example, you need 75 liters of water to make a glass of beer and serve 23 liters of water to produce just one hamburger. The 23 liters cover the entire process, from feeding the cow until the cooking meat. And just for a single meal.
Political analysts attribute at least partly, to the conflict in Darfur, the lack of access to water. In fact, a report commissioned by the UN Development Program found that in the 21st century, water scarcity will become a major cause of conflict in Africa.
Although people in the United States have access to clean water from their taps, they drink an average of 200 bottles of water per person each year. Over 17 million barrels of oil are needed to manufacture those bottles of water, 86 percent of which will never be recycled.
Water shortages in Africa has led to unbridled competition is not only among farmers but also with the animals, including elephants. The elephants in search of water are close to farms, often destroying crops, damaging tanks, hand pumps and wells, leading in turn the farmers to resort to violence to protect their crops and water sources.
Also remember that the T-shirt you're wearing has used 400 gallons of water to be produced.
Source: (BlogActionDay)
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