Could Bush Leftovers Steal Your Water?

[Guest guest]

Bush staffers: Still doing you wrong. This time it's water."Tell Congress: ENOUGH!"

 

Dear Gerald,

 

 

 

 

 

 

You want water to be considered a human right -- none of us can live without it, after all. Around the world, people -- people like you-- are fighting for their right to water and demanding that water be declared a human right.

Act Now

 

Old Bush staffers (yes, they are still around and still dangerous), negotiating on behalf of the United States, successfully removed language regarding the human right to water from the ministerial declaration of the 5th World Water Forum currently underway in Istanbul, Turkey.

Protect your right to water by writing to your members of Congress today. Tell them we must include the human right to water and water as a public good as part our international policy. This affirms the right to water for Americans and all people around the world.

The idea is as simple as breathing-without water, there is no life. Water needs to be declared a human right in order to stop the increasing privatization of municipal water systems by multinational corporations and to bring clean, safe public water to those areas that are without it.

Without the right to water, people all over the world face the nightmare scenario of choosing to pay the water bill instead of buying groceries for their families. The global water statistics are heartbreaking:

-- 1.4 billion people live without clean drinking water. -- Two-fifths of the world's population lack access to proper sanitation.-- Every eight seconds a child dies from drinking dirty water.-- Half of the world's hospital beds are occupied by people with an easily preventable waterborne disease. -- 80 percent of all sickness and disease worldwide is related to contaminated water, according to the World Health Organization. -- Dirty water kills more children than war, malaria, HIV/AIDS and traffic accidents combined.

In honor of World Water Day on March 22, take action to bring water to the thirsty by telling your members of Congress today that it's time to clean house and support water as a human right.

 

Sincerely,Darcey O'CallaghanInternational Policy CoordinatorFood & Water WatchP.S. Find out about U.S. events in honor of World Water Day and learn about the counter World Water Forum going on in Istanbul

right now (www.peopleswaterforum.org).

 

 

Food & Water Watch, a nonprofit consumer organization based in Washington, D.C., works to ensure clean water and safe food in the United States and around the world. We challenge the corporate control and abuse of our food and water resources by empowering people to take action and transforming the public consciousness about what we eat and drink. For more information, visit www.foodandwaterwatch.org.

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