40 Shocking Facts About Water


	40 Shocking Facts About Water
David Hughes
6-30-2009 5:21 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0548f816-971d-4e07-bcde-d73bcd87f0d4/71E3AE56-4014-4D49-AC06-E1DB3E9519B4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://matadorchange.com/40-shocking-facts-about-water/" href="http://matadorchange.com/40-shocking-facts-about-water/" style="font-size: 11px;">matadorchange.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadorchange.com/40-shocking-facts-about-water/">40 Shocking Facts About Water</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadorchange.com/40-shocking-facts-about-water/"><DIV class="subtitle">Water: we once thought it was an endless natural resource. Now we know better.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadorchange.com/40-shocking-facts-about-water/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/matadorchange.com/img/AE2E7974-F073-4599-9919-78BB91A32456" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadorchange.com/40-shocking-facts-about-water/"><H5>1. Over <A href="http://www.who.int">1.5 billion people</A> do not have access to clean, safe water.</H5></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadorchange.com/40-shocking-facts-about-water/"><P>2. Almost <A href="http://www.water.org">4 million people</A> die each year from water related diseases.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadorchange.com/40-shocking-facts-about-water/"><H5>3. <A href="http://www.water.org">43% of water related deaths</A> are due to diarrhea.</H5></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadorchange.com/40-shocking-facts-about-water/"><P>4. <A href="http://www.water.org">98% of water related deaths</A> occur in the developing world.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadorchange.com/40-shocking-facts-about-water/"><P>5. Unsafe water is the <A href="http://www.water.org">biggest killer of children under five</A>; around 90% of all diarrheal deaths are in this age group.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadorchange.com/40-shocking-facts-about-water/"><P>6. In Sub-Saharan Africa women spend on average <A href="http://www.charitywater.org">16 hours a week</A> collecting water.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadorchange.com/40-shocking-facts-about-water/"><H5>7. A typical individual in the United States uses <A href="http://www.newint.org ">500 litres</A> of water each day.</H5></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadorchange.com/40-shocking-facts-about-water/"><P>8. The <A href="http://www.water.org">recommended daily water requirement</A> for sanitation, bathing, cooking and consumption is approximately 50 litres per person per day.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadorchange.com/40-shocking-facts-about-water/"><H5>9. Over 1 billion people use less than <A href="http://www.who.int">6 litres</A> of water per day.</H5></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://matadorchange.com/40-shocking-facts-about-water/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/matadorchange.com/img/BA9C4B98-4389-45BA-8B0B-665D98228C2B" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/71E3AE56-4014-4D49-AC06-E1DB3E9519B4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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