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Did
You Know?
"One person in six – more than 1 billion
of our fellow human beings – has little choice but to
use potentially harmful sources of water."
"1.1 billion people were still using water from
unimproved sources in 2002."
Unimproved sources of drinking water are defined as: unprotected
well, unprotected spring, rivers or ponds, vendor-provided water,
bottled water (for lack of quantity not quality), and tanker
truck water.
SOURCE: WHO/UNICEF
Joint Monitoring Programme on Water Supply and Sanitation
(JMP)
Meeting the MDG Drinking Water and Sanitation Target:
A Mid-Term Assessment of Progress
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"400 million children have no access to safe water: one
in five"
"The number [of children under 5] who die each
day because they lack access to safe drinking water and adequate
sanitation: 3,900; those who die each year: 1.4 million."
SOURCE: UNICEF
The State of the World’s Children 2005: Childhood
Under Threat
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"Diarrhea occurs world-wide and causes 4% of all
deaths and 5% of health loss to disability. It is most commonly
caused by gastrointestinal infections which kill around 2.2
million people globally each year, mostly children in developing
countries. The use of water in hygiene is an important preventive
measure but contaminated water is also an important cause of
diarrhea. Cholera and dysentery cause severe, sometimes life
threatening forms of diarrhea."
Water related diseases kill a child every eight seconds and
are responsible for 80% of all illnesses and deaths in the developing
world. Each year there are approximately 4 billion cases of
diarrhea worldwide.
SOURCE: WHO
Water Related Diseases
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Having access to 'water' does not necessarily mean you’re
drinking 'safe water'
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US Commercial Aircraft - Coliform found in tests of
airline water
By Seth Borenstein
Knight Ridder News Service
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Chicago - Study: Legionnaires' found in home hot-water
pipes
Slimy lining may be common origin of the disease, researcher
says
07:51 PM CDT on Sunday, September
14, 2003
Associated Press
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United Kingdom - Coke recalls controversial water
Coca-Cola is to recall all bottles of its Dasani water in the
UK, after levels of bromate were found to exceed legal levels.
Friday, 19 March, 2004, 14:19
GMT
BBC News
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