Community | March 23, 2010 | 2 comments

U.N.: Dirty water kills more than war

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"Human beings are flushing millions of tons of solid waste into rivers and oceans every day, poisoning marine life and spreading diseases that kill millions of children annually, the U.N. said on Monday to mark World Water Day.

'The sheer scale of dirty water means more people now die from contaminated and polluted water than from all forms of violence including wars,' the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) said."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35984832/ns/world_news-world_environment/#storyConti...


The pictures at the link are all horrifying, this one shows a boy that collects plastic from a garbage-covered river in Manila, Philippines, on March 21.
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