| Since time began water has been spiritually and | | | | have been tested by the EPA. We and our |
| physically regenerative. The energy of the sun, | | | | environment are exposed to these thousands of |
| nutrients from soil, and minerals from marine life cycle | | | | chemicals every day. Yet the EPA and FDA lack |
| into waters and rain back down to nourish us and the | | | | funding, authority and staffing to determine or monitor |
| planet, body and soul. But water that is toxic cannot | | | | their safety, consequences, and compounding effects. |
| renew. | | | | The top 10-Agriculture businesses dump an estimated |
| Less than 2% of the water on earth is available for | | | | 10 billion tons of pesticides on farmlands, poisoning our |
| agriculture and human use, much of that is being | | | | food, soil and water that run into our oceans is |
| polluted or privatized. Ground and surface water in | | | | evaporated and rains down throughout our biosphere. |
| nations that contain 40% of the world's population are | | | | Over 123-chemical plants pose additional danger as |
| dangerously polluted and emptied. 67% of our ocean | | | | minimally secured potential biological weapons that |
| fisheries are depleted. Pollution from cities, farms, and | | | | abut population centers that exceed one million. |
| industry have created over 40 global dead zones | | | | Another nearly 4,000 plants are located near |
| including one the size of Massachusetts at the gate to | | | | populations of up to 100,000. |
| the Mississippi River, and another of 12,000 square | | | | Chlorine is a common chemical stored and transported |
| miles in the Gulf of Mexico. Over eleven million gallons | | | | throughout the U.S. including on railcars through the U.S. |
| of oil runs from streets and driveways into our oceans | | | | capital. Union Carbide's 1984 chlorine gas leak in Bhopal |
| every 8-months, an amount equal to the Exxon | | | | killed 16,000. One railcar contains enough chlorine gas |
| Valdez spill. Pollutants have coalesced in Artic waters, | | | | to kill millions in a city like Washington D.C. |
| throughout the food chain, and in the breast milk of | | | | Yet lobbyists from the American Chemistry Council, |
| nursing mothers in the remotest spots on earth. | | | | the American Petroleum Institute, and oil lobbyists kill |
| The U.S. coasts equal 17% of our land and hold 50% | | | | legislation that would provide reasonable protections |
| of our population. This will increase to 75% in 15-years | | | | for the American public and the environment. |
| adding further stress to coastal regions and wetlands | | | | The answer is for individuals, families and communities |
| that are hatcheries and produce most of the world's | | | | to become knowledgeable and aware about the |
| fish. Lawn, household, and industrial chemicals and | | | | environment. Recycle, reduce, reuse, and eliminate use |
| waste drain into coastal waters. 13,000 U.S. chemical | | | | of toxins, and join at least one effective environmental |
| plants produce 80,000 chemicals, of which only 8,000 | | | | lobbying group. |