Community | December 23, 2008 | 7 comments

Millions drink arsenic-riddled water

source: http://uk.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=95784&videoChannel=2603

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More than six and a half million people in eastern India are drinking contaminated water

The water is being drawn from wells where special filters used to remove the arsenic have reached the end of their natural life but there is no money to replace them.
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  • JackHerer
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      JackHerer  
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    • 3 years ago
  • tanyetta
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    • My Political Science professor from way back had an obsession with arsenic in water and how the U.S. Government regulates the percentage of Arsenic in American's drinking water. She pointed this topic out numerous times during the course. She actually was really obsessed with Americans drinking water eventually making the whole class obsessed with drinking water....Now I see why. So this is a global problem that needs to be understood and addressed before it brings mass devastation to millions and millions across the world. Arsenic is not the type of thing you take lightly if millions of people are sipping it and bathing in it everyday, and I wish the governments see that.

    • 3 years ago
  • arcticspirit
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    • I really feel for them, no one should have to drink poisioned water. When every life needing sip to be destroying something inside of you is frightening. Not to mention the harm it does to to the lymphatic system. And more.

      Ever wonder why people poisoned wells to wipe out entire populations without much effort?

    • 3 years ago
  • simplecj
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    • This is a big problem in Alaska too. Arsenic naturally found near volcanic regions, seeps into ground water supplies... Alaska has many regions that are above safe levels.

    • 3 years ago
  • elsonwvu
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    • We've got arsenic in our own water. Ask anyone in a Mountain Top Removal zone. You can smell it in the air just walking into peoples houses.

    • 3 years ago
  • Lazybones
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      Lazybones  

    • People from all around the globe drink contaminated water, the majority of them in Africa, and it is so sad. Many don't realize this though. Especially in developed countries. Water is vital, maybe the UN can vote on the right to water yet the US would probably vote against tho.

    • 3 years ago
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