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40 Shocking Facts About Water
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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. 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