Abstract
Water is our planet’s most precious resource. The existence of all living organisms, including human beings, would be impossible without it. To sustain all forms of life we need water, preferably clean water, to hydrate the body and grow our food supply. It would be natural to assume that a resource as essential to life as water would surely receive diligent societal protection. On the contrary, our water is consistently polluted and contaminated. This precious resource has been abused since the dawn of the industrial age.
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Goldstein, J. (1990). Water. In: Demanding Clean Food and Water. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6134-1_5
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