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World Water Day   By Haydn Dunn

 

Some of the greatest threats to future resources come from things we throw away everyday. Household batteries and electronics often contain dangerous chemicals that may, if sent to a local landfill, leak through the bottom barrier and pollute the groundwater. This can contaminate everything from the soil in which our food grows, to the water which will eventually come out of aquifers and into our tap water. Many of these chemicals cannot be removed from the drinking water supply, nor from the crops that are harvested from contaminated fields. The risks to human health are tremendous.

 

According to the United Nations Environment Programme, Latin America and the Caribbean possess 30% of the world’s water resources but that distribution of safe water is “highly irregular or inequitable” due to economic inequalities, regional scarcity, and water pollution.
We cannot go back to the days of dirty water. Governments must reverse this damage and pass the Clean Water Restoration Act that is already implemented in other countries.

 

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