Links and Resources

 


Drinking Water Contaminants

There are about 90 contaminants in drinking water and some types of chemicals have direct causes to health impacts such as cancer. Want to learn more about what types of contaminants are impacting our drinking water? 

Water Contamination and Its Effect on Our Health 

  “Man has lost the capacity to forsee and forestall. He will end by destroying the Earth,” said Albert Schweitzer. Find out what Schweitzer has to say about our world and the impact human beings have on the world. Check this website to find simple ways to change the way you live. 

Water Pollution: Where Does It Come From?

  Factories, oil wells, agriculture, traffic are all examples that seriously impact the quality of water around the world. Click the title of this website to learn more about how water pollution develops, what are its dangers, and how we would detect water pollution.


 How Can Water Pollution Be Prevented?

 Many know that water pollution is unfavorable for the environment and many are aware of the issue, but little action is being taken to prevent this growing environmental problem. Click on the title to find tasks that you can take to improve the environment around us.

Water Pollution and Society

Water takes about 70% of Earth’s surface and without this natural resource, life would be impossible and non-existent. See this website to comprehend how pollution of rivers, streams, and other bodies of water are impacted by the chemical contaminants and how this issue continues to serve as a major issue in the 20th and 21st century.

 Water: Earth Ministry

 “1.5 million children under five years of age worldwide die each year due to unsafe water and a lack of adequate sanitation and hygiene”. Many in the world waste this precious resource unnecessarily while some are struggling to get good water quality. Find out the religious point of view of water issues in the world.