Tons of trash have washed onto Bali‘s famous Kuta Beach, prompting locals to spend the first day of the new year staging a cleanup. Residents from the […]
Category: Clean water for People
US and UK citizens are world’s biggest sources of plastic waste – study
US population may also be third-largest producer of marine plastic pollution – according to The Guardian The US and UK produce more plastic waste per person than […]
Asian rivers are turning black. And our colorful closets are to blame
Textile dyeing is one of the most polluting aspects of the global fashion industry, devastating the environment and posing health hazards to humans. When Haji Muhammad Abdus […]
H&M, Asda and Next supplier polluted rivers with chemicals linked to cancer and deaths, investigation finds
Children bathed in filthy water near factory discharge pipe in Indonesia; cases of tuberculosis, birth defects and reproductive problems linked to effluent from plant in India. Factories […]
The toxic waste that enters Indonesia’s Citarum River, one of the world’s most polluted
MAJALAYA, Indonesia: It’s been called the world’s most polluted river by the World Bank. Murky, dense and dirty-brown – the water that runs through Citarum River in […]
H&M and ZARA, the ‘Sustainable’ fashion brands killing the environment
H&M and Zara are the two largest fashion retailers in the world, contributing enormously to the fashion industry being worth $2.4tn. Both launched sustainable and ethical clothing collections, […]
The ugly truth of Fast Fashion with Hasan Minhaj from The Patriot Act
In the pursuit of short-term sales, many fashion companies (and their customers) still ignore the severe environmental and social impact of production. The global apparel and footwear […]
California’s contaminated drinking water could lead to nearly 15,500 cancer cases over the course of a lifetime
Here’s how worried you should be. A study from the nonprofit Environmental Working Group found that contaminants in California drinking water could lead to nearly 15,500 cases of cancer […]
8 signs your tap water might be dangerous to drink
When residents of Flint, Michigan, turned on their taps back in 2014, they encountered an unpleasant brown sludge that tasted like metal. The discolored liquid was an […]
The 11 cities most likely to run out of drinking water – like Cape Town
Cape Town is in the unenviable situation of being the first major city in the modern era to face the threat of running out of drinking water. […]