Here in North America, I’m blessed with the availability of clean water. It’s still relatively safe to drink water from the tap (in most cities) and if I’m paranoid enough, I can go out and buy a bottled water.
The rest of the world, unfortunately, have no access to clean water. It actually kills more than 2.2 million people per year, and most of them are children! This is a staggering number.
Fortunately, it can be solved by technology, building basic infrastructure to provide better sanitation, and plenty of compassion. We all can donate to non-profit organizations to provide clean water to places that needed it the most.
Here’s a wonderful ad by Solidarités International and BDDP Unlimited, spotlighting the need for clean water all over the world:
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hi Rudy,
It seems that some of us in this country take a lot for granted, and I think clean water is one of them. We’re pretty lucky to turn on the tap and get water that is safe to drink (and as much as we want of it). I shake my head at how many people buy a lot of bottled water (which isn’t inexpensive) when the tap water is perfectly safe. We are pretty rich in this country in ways that some of us don’t fully appreciate, I think. Anyway, it would be nice if people would stop buying so much bottled water and donate some of the savings to the charities you exist. It would also help the environment with less plastic bottles made and tossed out, and less fuel burned hauling and delivering all those bottles. Hmmmm…
Steve
Hey Steve,
Yeah, the bottled water craze is another issue. Amazing how they were able to sell us water in a bottle, sometimes at a premium charge. You’re right about the waste, both in material and money.
Other than continuing to educate people, what else can we do?
Hey Steve! Nice to see you around the net. Clean water, from the tap? Perhaps, I suppose it depends on what “clean water” means to each individual drinking it, cooking with it, bathing in it etc. After doing a tremendous amount of research into the issue of water fluoridation and where the fluoride actually comes from (vs what is commonly believed…, ie “naturally occurring”), I can now understand why there is such monumental opposition to the practice of adding artificial fluoride to municipal water supplies, foods, toothpaste etc. I can now also understand why there are sooo many professionals (doctors, scientists, dentists, chemists, etc) who are opposed to fluoride and are fighting hard to have fluoride banned completely. I cannot recommend highly enough the book called “The Case Against Fluoride”, where the authors detail the well-known scientific evidence of where fluoride comes from and the many toxic effects by ingesting it. I’m seriously considering doing a giveaway of the book on my blog, even if on my own dime. It’s that important to read. It’s not about the nonsensical ‘conspiracy theory’ stuff circulating the net; but an extremely detailed report with at least 1100 reference citations included for fact checking.