Would YOU Drink This? Charity: Water

From YouTube -- This video from Charity:Water shows a group of people on Santa Monica pier being asked, "Would you drink this?" in reaction to a bottle of brown water. All of the people questioned answer 'no', even though 1 in 6 people are forced to drink that kind of water every day.

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the green machine
the green machine
4 months ago
Agree

I recently read that coal waste is one of the main contributors to polluted water. The coal Industry spends tons of money to keep this fact and many others under wraps. Wouldn't it be better if they were spending their money on making our water cleaner and drinkable? Instead, they continue to poison our water sources and us. To find out more about the state of our drinking water take a look at http://www.thedirtylie.com/

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