Contaminated Water In The Third World

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Blog Post #3: Where is all of this contaminated water at? Contaminated water is a big part of the illnesses spread in the world today. This water is somewhere in every city, every state, and every country. There are many third world countries that do not have any clean water, and most of the children in these populations die from the water that is contaminated. We need to figure out the source of the impure water so we can help these people who lose friends, family, and children due to the countless number of polluted sources they drink from. Third world countries are the leaders in water contamination and the biggest users of bottled water. In Mexico, three in four people must drink packaged water because they have no clean water sources.

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