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HOW WE CAN HELP TO REDUCE WATER CONTAMINATION?

Overall, our excessively consumption is the major fail for water pollution as the production of all kinds of goods involves a large water consumption, and pollution of it. For example, to manufacture clothes hundreds of dyes and highly polluting substances, as for footwear are used.

Much of the pollution is due to intensive agriculture, which requires pesticides and fertilizers whose manufacture consumes large amounts of water and carries discharges of pollutant to the rivers substances. Furthermore, the use of these pesticides and fertilizers contaminates the ground and aquifers. We can help reduce pollution from this activity consuming less intensive agriculture products.

Often some waste, such as plastic bags, end up in the water to be blown by the wind. These are the sea and stay there a long time until complete decomposition. We can avoiding this by reducing the use of plastic bags and depositing those that no longer serve in the yellow container for subsequent treaty and recycling.

POLLUTION DATA:

• Did you know that contaminated water is a major cause of infant mortality in the world? Contaminated water is causing large numbers of infant deaths, mainly because of infections and diarrhoea.

• Did you know that illnesses caused by contaminated water have killed throughout history more human beings than any war? Even today, nearly 5 million people die each year in the world because of contaminated water.

• Of course, developed countries also get rid of water pollution. For example, in the United States nearly half of the country lakes are too polluted to harbor fish or to human beings bathe in them.

• Developing and industrialized countries are also responsible for most discharges of pollutants to water. It is estimated that 70% of industrial waste produced in these developed countries are thrown into the sea without any treatment, and contribute greatly to water pollution.