A third of 180 million Pakistani population lack clean drinking water
Sales of bottled water surge across Pakistan because of the “poor quality of drinking water supplied by the civic authorities,” a report said. However many of the mineral water brands are also contaminated.
Disaster Calendar 2012 – February 26
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- Pakistan. Some 60 million Pakistanis, a third of the 180 million population, have NO access to potable water, according to a study.
- Meantime, sales of bottled water are surging across the country because of the “poor quality of drinking water supplied by the civic authorities,” a report said. However many of the mineral water brands are also contaminated.
- “The Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) has recently declared 16 out of these 69 brands of bottled water unsafe though a large number citizens prefer bottled water due to poor quality of drinking water being supplied by civic authorities.”
- A large percentage of the “mineral water” bottled in Pakistan was found to contain estrogenic chemicals (Xenoestrogens), according to another study.
Other Global Disasters/ Significant Events
- Hunan Province, Central China. About 700 sinkholes have been reported in Yuejiaqiao Town, Yiyang City, in China’s Hunan Provinceas in the past few weeks, a report said.
- The cenotes caused by karst subsidence have damaged or destroyed dozens of homes, swallowing farmlands and riverbeds and affecting about 1,200 people.
Photo taken on Feb. 26, 2012 shows a large sinkhole formed on a riverbed in Yuejiaqiao Town, Yiyang City, in central China’s Hunan Province. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao). Image may be subject to copyright. More images…
- Arabia. A major sandstorm in the Arabian Peninsula blanketed Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Aravia, bringing visibility to near zero and “turning day into night,” local reports said.
- The sandstorm also hit the Persian Gulf states, forcing the temperatures to as low as 4°C in UAE.
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