It is a racist policy that causes disproportionate harm. ibid.
Government Advises Less Fluoride in Water. ibid. Wall Street Journal Health online article
Fluoride is virtually in everything. ibid.
Healthy Children Through Fluoridation. Fluoridegate: An American Tragedy, 1950s propaganda film, 2012
I believe it is destroying the fabric of our nation. ibid. Dr Kennedy
Have you been taking shorter showers? Have you stopped watering your lawn? … Stop using water altogether … We need it most: factory farming and animal agriculture … Resist the urge to use your toilet and poop on the lawn ... Stop using water. JoyCamp: NASA California Drought Update
Water shortages could affect nearly two billion people before 2025. Home, 2009
In the last century half of the world’s marshes were drained. ibid.
5,000 people a day die because of dirty drinking water. 1 billion people have no access to safe drinking water. ibid.
‘As a water sommelier I’m an advocate for water.’ The Water Sommelier, Martin Riese of Patina Restaurant Group, Vimeo short 11.20, 2016
‘Water has a TDS level: it stands for Total Dissolved Solids, how many minerals combine in the water, and there is no pure water.’ ibid.
‘Choose between purified and a la tap, I would go for a la tap.’ ibid.
Nestle: Its favourite activity is extracting millions of gallons of water every day from communities experiencing severe draught … Nestle refuses to reveal the amount it’s extracting. Abby Martin, Breaking the Set, RT 07.02.15
Nestle’s Water Bottling Activities Amid California Draught Underscore a Lack of Policy Options. Abby Martin, Breaking the Set: One Last Time, RT 28.02.15, Confectionery online article
Ambrose: We chose to use the Flint River for a short period of time …
Protester: You’re killing us!
Ambrose: I’m not killing anybody. Here’s to Flint, opening lines, 2016
Nearly every city and school district that has had its democracy suspended under emergency management is a community like Flint, majority African-American and saddled with high poverty. ibid.
The city’s long term water source was switched from Detroit’s regional system … [to] the high corrosive Flint River. ibid.
‘We’re living in a nightmare.’ ibid. resident
No corrosion control was being used. ibid.
‘We’re getting poisoned water and we have no rights.’ ibid. resident
Flint river water is very corrosive to lead, and causing lead contamination in homes. ibid. caption
‘Plutonium lake’ feeds into the Techa river, which is the region’s main water source and one of the most contaminated places on Earth. City 40, caption, Netflix 2016
In Flint, Michigan, officials try to save money by changing the city’s water source but instead endanger public health. The pipes carrying the water are corroding leaching lead into the system, putting thousands of children in danger. How did this happen? Nova: Poisoned Water, PBS 2017
Now it’s a massive job to make Flint safe. ibid.
That switch would soon become a disastrous combination of poisoned water and misuse of science. ibid.
There was nothing wrong with the city’s old water source. ibid.
Complex chemistry and a plant that hadn’t been fully operational in fifty years. ibid.
Not only are residents complaining of rashes and bad smells, but the city is issuing public health warnings. ibid.
General Motors reports that Flint River water is corroding its engine parts. ibid.
City officials continue to insist the water is safe. ibid.
Disturbing problems with the state’s test protocols. ibid.
For now bottled water is a way of life. ibid.
How many more Flints are out there? ibid.
Fresh water is not always available to us when and where we need it. Through the centuries however certain people have been able to detect its hidden presence by an ability which has yet to be explained. Water witching, divining, dowsing, whatever name it’s given remains one of the most puzzling mysteries of nature. In Search of s3e4 … Water Seekers, History 1978
The most important substance on our planet: water … We need to understand this relationship between water and life because to be blunt our survival depends on it. H20: The Molecule that Made Us, Sky 2021
We know of seeds that have slept for 30,000 years and still germinated when they finally got water. ibid.
Water was instrumental in the evolution of our uniquely human style of walking … A rethinking of the role of the water molecule in our human story. H20: The Molecule that Made US II
Today, two-thirds of the world’s major rivers no longer have a connection to the sea … The way we are controlling water had changed the planet. ibid.
‘92% of all the water consumption in the world is related to crop production and agriculture. ibid.
Without water, we struggle to feed ourselves, and people get desperate. H20: The Molecule that Made US III
Today, 97% of Gaza’s wells are unfit for human consumption. ibid.
Roman engineers kept the water moving through hills and valleys maintaining a steady gradient of less than one per cent. An astounding feat … uphill: the inverted syphon. Ancient Impossible: Moving Mountains s1e1, H2 2016
The city of Flint is under a state of emergency after poisonous lead is found in the water supply. An election for mayor is a week away leading to uncertainty for the chief and the department. Flint Town s1e1: Welcome to Flint Town, captions, Netflix 2018
Coca-Coal in India opened up a bottling plant in the south in Kerela. They dug boreholes into the aquifer, took the water from the ground and the place went dry. Hundreds of farmers lose their crops, they’ve got no money, they become indebted to the banks. Thousands of croppers have got no work. People are walking seven kilometres just to get fresh water but Coca-Cola is coming out of the factory. Mark Thomas, Youtube 1.08.01
Cotton: Here is like just a regular shirt and a pair of jeans, right: it’s likely that it could have taken up to 20,500 litres [of water]. Stacey Dooley: Fashion’s Hidden Secrets, BBC 2018
I believe a deeper understanding of waves can explain our endless fascination with them. The Secret Life of Waves, David Malone reporting, BBC 2022
Waves also give us a window into how the world actually works, to the nature of reality … They have a birth and a death and a process. ibid.
‘The wind – that is the crucial factor. That’s where the energy comes from.’ ibid. scientist
The noise of an ocean wave is made by all the bubbles. ibid.
Waves are about transformation of energy … Our lives are in continuous change. ibid.
Private Water utilities have racked up £54bn of debt since privatisation. At the same time they have paid out £65.9bn to shareholders. Debt accrued to pay themselves while polluting our waters and refusing to invest. It’s a legalised Tory racket. Howard Beckett tweet 14th February 2023
I do give a shit about water pollution. Theresa Coffey, Environment minister