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Human rights: UN investigator tells of horrors and insanitary conditions of world prisons
12 Nov 09
Inmates at a prison in Uruguay can spend years in cells where temperatures rise to 60 degrees Celcius. They had to use the water in the toilets for drinking and defecate in plastic bags, which they later threw outside their cells.
Diarrhoea: why children are still dying and what can be done
12 Nov 09
Despite the existence of inexpensive and efficient means of treatment, diarrhoea kills more children than AIDS, malaria and measles combined, according to a new UNICEF/WHO report. Other research finds that diarrhoea kills 1.5 million over-five-year-olds – mostly adolescents and the elderly - in Africa and South-East Asia, more than three times more than previously thought.
Awareness raising: first clown in space hosts show to save Earth’s water
13 Oct 09
Cirque du Soleil founder hosted a show from space linking events in 14 world cities to raise awareness about clean water.
Global Handwashing Day 2009: focus on schoolchildren and swine flu
13 Oct 09
Millions of children and adults in over 80 countries celebrated the second annual Global Handwashing Day on 15 October 2009. About 200 million children took part last year.
Climate change: high adaptation costs for water sector, World Bank study says
12 Oct 09
Water supply and flood management, ranks as one of the top three climate adaptation costs in both the wetter and drier scenario, with Sub-Saharan Africa footing by far the highest costs, says a new World Bank report.
Public opinion survey: water tops climate change as global priority
15 Sep 09
A public opinion survey finds that people around the world view water issues as the planet’s top environmental problem, greater than air pollution, depletion of natural resources, loss of habitat and even climate change.
Climate change: global conference says that water must be included in COP-15 negotiations
14 Sep 09
The participants of the 2009 World Water Week in Stockholm urged that water must be included in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-15) negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009. WaterCube.tv interviewed about 100 people including Stockholm Water Prize Winner Dr Bindishwar Pathak.
SODIS under fire: studies pour cold water on solar disinfection
14 Sep 09
The much-lauded method of disinfecting water in plastic bottles using only sunlight might not work as well as previously thought and might even be dangerous, new research suggests. The Swiss Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) Reference Center admits the technique has its weaknesses but that it is safe and should not be discouraged unless an alternate supply of safe drinking water is available.
Virtual water: food products should carry ‘water footprint’ information, says UK report
05 Aug 09
Food and drink products in the UK should carry a new label to give consumers more information about their “water footprint” – the hidden amount of water used in the manufacturing process – say two health and food lobby groups. An international water ecolabel is on the agenda of Alliance for Water Stewardship, launched in March 2009.
Right to water: PLoS editorial promotes it, Californians to get it
05 Aug 09
The editors of the open access journal PLoS Medicine have added their voice to those who are demanding that access to water should be framed as a human right. Meanwhile, California is set to become the first US state to pass legislation on the right to clean water for basic human needs.
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