I choose drinking water as my topic because every human and animal and sponge needs clean drinking water.
Did you know? 65% of the human body is water. A person can only go 3 days without water 💀😬
Facts about water and water pollution
- 70% of the earth is covered by water but only 2.5% of that water is freshwater AND we can only get 1% of the freshwater because its under glaciers.
- Lots of garbage (over 6 million pounds!!!!) ends up in the ocean every year. Most of it is plastic.
- 80% of water pollution is caused due to domestic sewage. Other causes are oil spills, fracking, agricultural runoff like pesticides.
- Around 70% of industrial waste is dumped into the water.
- Contaminated water can cause diseases like cholera and typhus
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
My message is that we need to help stop polluting our drinking water by recycling, making companies get rid of their garbage in a safe way, don’t put your garbage like paint and oil down the drain, pick up litter, don’t waste water, use less plastic stuff, don’t litter, or waste energy. We can also look for new ways to filter water and help out like I did by using a banana to make dirty water cleaner…
Bibliography:
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Cornell, Julia. “5 Tips to Keep Water Clean and Safe.” Medium, Medium, 22 Mar. 2019, medium.com/@h2olabcheck/5-tips-to-keep-water-clean-and-safe-ce779cce152e.
Cornell, Julia. “5 Tips to Keep Water Clean and Safe.” Medium, Medium, 22 Mar. 2019, medium.com/@h2olabcheck/5-tips-to-keep-water-clean-and-safe-ce779cce152e.
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Johnson, Jon. How Long You Can Live without Water. Medical News Today, 14 May 2019, www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325174.
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Nunez, Christina. “Freshwater 101: Pollution.” Water Pollution Facts and Information, 24 Jan. 2020, www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/pollution/.
Philip, Agnel, et al. “63 Million Americans Exposed to Unsafe Drinking Water.” USA Today, Gannett Satellite Information Network, 15 Aug. 2017, www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/08/14/63-million-americans-exposed-unsafe-drinking-water/564278001/.
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Very interesting facts, Camden! I especially appreciate that you included your sources so that I can read more about the state of our drinking water.
ReplyDeleteYour banana peel filter is very fascinating! I had no idea that they could be used to filter out minerals. Do you have a picture of the water after it had gone through the filter?
Thanks again! ~LizQ
Lots of really interesting information; I didn’t know about bananas being good filters either so thank you for helping me learn something new! In Scotland our water provider tells us we must only put 3 Ps into our toilets to help us minimise pollution of the sewerage system. They don’t want us to put fat from our cooking down the sink either so I drain off fat to feed the birds in my garden. Well done Camden.
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