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Guardian: Britain and other rich countries depend heavily on importing hidden "virtual" water from places that regularly experience droughts and shortages, according a report published today by the Royal Society of Engineers. Although the UK is notoriously wet, it is estimated that two-thirds of all the water that its population of 60 million people needs comes embedded in imported food, clothes and industrial goods. The result is that when people buy flowers from Kenya, beef from Botswana, or ......
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UK relies on ‘virtual’ water from drought-prone countries, says report
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 19th, 2010
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