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  2. Water issues in developing countries - Wikipedia

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    People need fresh water for survival, personal care, agriculture, industry, and commerce. The 2019 UN World Water Development report noted that about four billion people, representing nearly two-thirds of the world population, experience severe water scarcity during at least one month of the year. [6]

  3. Water pollution - Wikipedia

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    Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, with a negative impact on their uses. [1]: 6 It is usually a result of human activities. Water bodies include lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers, reservoirs and groundwater. Water pollution results when contaminants mix with these water bodies. Contaminants can come from ...

  4. Water security - Wikipedia

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    Water risk refers to the possibility of problems to do with water. Examples are water scarcity, water stress, flooding, infrastructure decay and drought. [18]: 4 There exists an inverse relationship between water risk and water security. This means as water risk increases, water security decreases. Water risk is complex and multilayered.

  5. Environmental hazard - Wikipedia

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    An example is zinc oxide, a common paint pigment, which is extremely toxic to aquatic life. [citation needed] Toxicity or other hazards do not imply an environmental hazard, because elimination by sunlight , water or organisms (biological elimination) neutralizes many reactive or poisonous substances. Persistence towards these elimination ...

  6. Human impact on the environment - Wikipedia

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    For example, "green water" use is evapotranspirational use of soil water that has been provided directly by precipitation; and "green water" has been estimated to account for 94% of global beef cattle production's "water footprint", [89] and on rangeland, as much as 99.5% of the water use associated with beef production is "green water".

  7. A History of Greenwashing: How Dirty Towels Impacted the ...

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    At some point in the mid-1980s, a pony-tailed upstate New York environmental activist named Jay Westerveld picked up a card in a South Pacific hotel room and read the following: "Save Our Planet ...

  8. List of environmental issues - Wikipedia

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    Water pollution — Acid rain • Agricultural runoff • Algal bloom • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing • Eutrophication • Fish kill • Groundwater pollution • Groundwater recharge • Marine debris • Marine pollution • Mercury in fish • Microplastics • Nutrient ...

  9. Environmental health - Wikipedia

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    In 2017, almost 22 million Americans drank from water systems that were in violation of public health standards. [64] Globally, over 2 billion people drink feces-contaminated water, which poses the greatest threat to drinking water safety. [65] Contaminated drinking water could transmit diseases like cholera, dysentery, typhoid, diarrhea and ...