WATER FOR LIFE
Is Safe Water a Human Right?
Have we been successful? Yes. Have we stopped them? Not by a long shot.
Paul Corbit Brown, Photojournalist
West Virginia, USA
Winter 2022 broadcasts in the U.S. on LINK TV:
• Sunday Dec 11 — 5:00pm PT (8:00pm ET) & 8:00pm PT (11:00pm ET)
• Monday Dec 12 — 9:00am PT (12:00pm ET) • Tuesday Dec 13 — 2:00pm PT (5:00pm ET)
OVERVIEW
In many places around the world, affordable clean water is not available for drinking and everyday tasks, making safe sanitation during the pandemic impossible.
In the crowded, poor neighborhoods of Mumbai, India, a right-to-water campaign is installing thousands of tap water connections into informal dwellings.
In West Virginia, the coal and fracking industries’ political stranglehold has mobilized neighborhood groups to fight back, protecting their streams and groundwater from toxic waste.
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VIDEOS
A music video from Annalyse & Ryan who are featured in this episode’s West Virginia segment.
Source: AnnalyseandRyan.com
The Story of Water exposes the dangers of water privatization and highlights innovative solutions. Source: The Story of Stuff Project
Examining the environmental and political implications of the decrease in water supply on the planet.
Source: Gravitas Ventures
DuPont vs. the World: How a chemical giant covered up health risks of teflon contamination across the globe.
Source: Democracy Now!
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