Water PolLutionWater PolLutionPETER QIUPETER QIU

Thesis

•The US government should enforce laws to prevent companies and industries from polluting our water supply.

Clean water is the key to survival.

• All bodies of water connects, so bacteria can spread anywhere.

• 6.6 billion people live on earth that requires clean drinking water

Clean water is the key to survival

• Since waste, germs, and chemicals spread quickly many have no fresh water

• Earth’s surface is 70% water

Chemicals are harmful to the natural cycle of

organisms living

• Toxins in water spread through the food chain of marine animals

• Farming chemicals wash into rivers blocks sunlight from animals that need it

Chemicals are harmful to the natural cycle of

organisms living underwater

• During the 1950’s, scientists found mercury inside the fishes from Minamata Bay

• Medical drugs flushed down the toilet disrupts animals reproductive systems

Disease spread with unclean drinking water

• Many countries don’t have modern water systems, so people get water from unclean rivers and streams.

• Disease like Cholera, Typhoid, and Diarrhea spreads

Disease spreads with unclean drinking water.

• It was estimated that 2 million people die each year of water diseases and most are because of unsafe water supply

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• Unknown. Green algae in a Chinese lake, Living Green. World Book, 2010. Web. 15 Feb. 2010

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• Unknown. Oklahoma river contaminated with wastewater and heavy metals, Living Green. World Book, 2010. Web 15 Feb 2010

• Unknown. Scientist testing the water, Living Green. World Book, 2010. Web 15 Feb 2010

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• "What Is Water Pollution?." Living Green. World Book, 2010. Web. 12 Feb. 2010.

Bibliography

Video

•Water: The elixir of life