Posts Tagged ‘UNEP’
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Drinking water in Nigeria polluted with benzene at levels 900 times above the limit
Families in Nisisioken Ogale, near a Nigerian National Petroleum Company pipeline, are drinking water from wells contaminated with benzene, a known carcinogen, at levels over 900 times above UN World Health Organization guidelines. Along with many others, this community is …
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A Picture is Worth… The Global Distribution of Water
This graphic clearly shows the scarcity of water, especially drinkable freshwater, and what increasing global temperatures can result in. The graphic comes from UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme.
