In the article “I’m a Flint resident. I’m done paying for water that is not safe” by Tunde Olaniran, Olaniran discusses the issues surrounding the water crisis in Flint Michigan. She speaks of her own history regarding the unsafe water and how she paid her bills until she was afraid to drink it or even let it touch her skin. The water crisis is due to high levels of lead and corroded pipes which combine together to make unsafe water for all purposes. Some experienced hair loss and scalp issues when washing their hair.…
Is this actually to believe for? People are probably mad because they have been drinking and trying to avoid the water for many years. Not only people but animals a case of two dogs…
This is the last reason why people should not drink the water from the…
Steven Johnson’s “The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic – and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World” examines the disastrous Cholera epidemic that struck London-- one of the world’s first urbanized centers-- in the summer of 1854. It delineates the rapid movement of the Vibrio cholerae bacteria through an area lacking proper infrastructure to accommodate a population branching into the millions, and relays the importance of scientific understanding through Dr. John Snow and Reverend Henry Whitehead’s work to identify the underlying cause of the disease (Johnson, 2006). Dr. John Snow is now referred to as the father of modern epidemiology, for his ground-breaking work in identifying the cause of Cholera.…
The people who drank the water became sick, and lost hair themselves. To top it all off, they could literally light their tap water on fire (McCready). You heard that right, turn the knob on your sink, the water coming out of it burns like gasoline. If that isn’t a red flag, what…
Water, as we know is one of our most coveted resources. We use it to cook our food, wash our bodys, and even our cars. Water is undeniably a resource we use every single day. Many people throughout the world undervalue the importance of this resource.…
I am a senior at Mercer Island High School and will be attending the University of Washington in the fall. I actively participate in our democracy by writing letters and even traveling to Washington DC to lobby to Representative Adam Smith. I am writing to you because I have noticed a lack of political efficacy in the country and strongly believe that students should have a fair chance to have their voices heard. When I learned about children poisoned by the leaded water in Flint Michigan due to their multimillion-dollar deficit, I was touched and immediately thought of what my family would do if we couldn’t use water from our plumbing. I am very lucky to be living in a place where we don’t have to worry much about our water, but our increasing…
This means that the one resource that is crucial to life and can make the difference between life and death is not accessible and safe for civilians to drink. Although this static applies to all of Africa, making water clean and accessible has not been proven to be impossible as seen by the success of the Rwandan government and their success of raising the percentage of accessible water to 54% even though their country is rated as the 17th poorest country as opposed to Sierra Leone’s ranking of 27 on the same list as of 2015. Yet, they still have not put any policy in place which would regulate the quality of drinking water.(analysis) The citizens of Sierra Leone are not the only ones to be dehumanized through the deprivation of clean water. It is currently happening in our own backyard.…
Children, pregnant mothers, workers, everyone needs water, but few have reassurance their water is…
Every person deserves the right to clean and healthy water free of contaminants…
The people in Latin America are struggling to keep their lives while their bodies slowly die from the contamination of the water that they drank. These people in Latin America have women and children walk miles to get a glass of water to drink and even after they get that water, it is contaminated with all kinds of diseases that can lead to severe sickness and even death! That is why we have to conserve our fresh water that we take advantage of and get daily in our homes. Conserving water is when you preserve something to save for later. We are saving the freshwater for the future so that when we grow up we would still have some left.…
(10) Do we have to bring up the fact that 97% of western European counties have rejected the absurd notion of water fluoridation to gain some traction? It is obvious that something else is at play here. The same forces that dictate most all policies have decided this is the way it is going to be, if you do nothing. They have elected to bury the truth about a toxic “medicine” and denied people one of their most basic rights. The right of informed consent to medication.…
The world is running out of water, 75% of the planet earth is covered with water out of that 97.5% is the ocean, 2.5% is freshwater but 70% of that is ice, 30% is groundwater and much of that is polluted. Which leaves only 1% safe water and out of that, 70% is used for irrigation, 22% for industry and 0.8% for domestic use that consists of basic tasks like sanitation, drinking etc (Heimbuch,2010). This issue is known as water scarcity it is the lack of sufficient water for daily needs, without water the humankind will die off eventually it is extremely important for survival. According to recent estimates from the International Water Clean “potable water is an essential ingredient of a healthy human life, but 1.2 billion people lack access…
In the past, many wars have emerged because of oil; now, due to our inefficient use of water, which has caused a rapid scarcity of water, water will be the cause of wars. If we continue to use water the way we are currently using it, we will soon run out of water. The lack of water majorly effects underdeveloped countries as depicted in the picture from the article “Water and sanitation still not top priorities for African governments.” With this issue comes the questions of how we should be using our water and who deserves it.…
Clean water is a huge aspect of people’s daily lives, as they need…