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Water PolLutionWater PolLutionPETER QIUPETER QIU
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Thesis
•The US government should enforce laws to prevent companies and industries from polluting our water supply.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. Clean Water, Images. Google. 2010. Web 15 Feb 2010
• Unknown. Crude oil on the beach of Beirut, Lebanon. Living green. World Book, 2010. Web. 12 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
• Unknown. Water pollution from untreated sewage, Living Green. World Book, 2010. Web 15 Feb 2010
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• "Water Pollution from Agriculture." Living Green. World Book, 2010. Web. 15 Feb. 2010.
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Bibliography
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Video
•Water: The elixir of life