Comments on: Blog Action Day – Water

By: stephen

stephen — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:19:54 +0000

a bottle that holds 1 liter of water requires 5 liters of water in its manufacturing process

By: amy

amy — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:46:49 +0000

50% of all human disease is the result of water borne pathogens.

Dean Kamen has created an awesome water distillation machine that can be used all over the planet. The following clip is really fascinating:

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/164485/march-20-2008/dean-kamen

By: Knile

Knile — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:34:54 +0000

I was going to leave this comment before I saw the bit about the Sour Patch Kids… My mind was blown a little, if that’s possible, recently when I learned how important PepsiCo and other corporations that seem Evil & Dangerous are to providing clean water around the world. I wish I could find a source for my first reading this (let’s be honest, it was probably MetaFilter), but the gist is that to make Pepsi anywhere, you need clean water. PepsiCo wants to sell its products, and it’ll do what it can to get the necessary materials. Helping out people in developing nations is a nice side effect of that. A little googling provides this from PepsiCo:
http://onboarding.pepsico.com/Purpose/Environment/Water.html

Bonus fact: The PepsiCo CEO/Chairman is an Indian woman with a degree from Yale.

By: Dave Lucas

Dave Lucas — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:31:27 +0000

People need to come together on this important issue! Here's a link to my article about water. Thanks for helping us spread the word!