1. Water and Our Ecological Footprint
Water is vital for life and has become one of our most precious resources.
According to a Wall Street Journal article “Water Is the New Oil.” This
article states the following facts:
1. There is no more fresh water on Earth than there was a million years
ago . . . but now 6 million people share it.
2. The population has doubled since 1950 but water usage has tripled.
3. Worldwide, water related diseases account for 80% of all sickness and
claim 5 million lives annually.
4. Air pollution, oil spills, wastes and (chemical) fertilizers have
exaggerated this health impact.
5. At least 70,000 chemicals are used regularly throughout the world.
6. At least 1,000 new chemicals are introduced every year.
Another article entitled, “Plastic Ocean”, states that there is a swath in the
Pacific Ocean twice the size of Texas that is nothing but a plastic stew. This
epidemic has resulted in plastics becoming a part of our food chain. These
plastics are known hormone interrupters and have been linked to testicular,
ovarian and breast cancers, infertility and birth defects.
The ever growing eco tragedy of plastics in the environment is multiplying at
an alarming rate. In fact Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles
every hour! And 9 out of 10 of these bottles end up in landfills rather than
recycling centers.
You may be wondering what all of this has to do with a water ionizer.
Enagic’s water SD501 water ionizer is the eco solution to many of these eco
problems.
In fact, the International Earth Environmental University (IEEU) was so
impressed with this particular ionizing company that it presented Enagic with
its coveted award for environmental excellence. The IEEU recognizes the
positive environmental impact that this ionizer can produce.
The articles in this section point out some of the environmental problems we
are facing due to chemicals and plastics in the environment as well as some
of the possibilities we have to eliminate many of the chemicals and plastics
in our environment through the use of ionized water.