Monday, May 12, 2008

Four Facts About Bad Water

Polluted water has killed more people than most any other health threat.

Some Facts to Note:

  • More than 20,000 people die each day around the world from disease caused by polluted water or no water at all.
  • The absence of clean drinking water and sanitation is one of the biggest causes of death and loss of human productivity throughout the world.
  • Three to four of every five children in the world die because of polluted water diseases such as dysentery, cholera and malaria.
  • Purified water is 99.9% pure and could save many lives if distributed properly.
I have had malaria and it is no joke. You never really recover from it and polluted water is the cause.

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