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Addressing fresh water deficiency
Posted by BusinessGreen: Johan Widheden, AkzoNobel on June 16th, 2014
BusinessGreen: For many countries, fresh water availability is an acute concern. In some cases it is the sheer number of people in one location that is triggering the deficiency, in others it is rising sea levels due to climate change and in some situations it is a particular industry, such as cotton that is causing the problem. Because of this, over one billion people have no access to clean drinking water and two million people die annually from water-related diseases. Most of these grave concerns are occurring...