{"id":462,"date":"2024-07-25T15:01:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmcched110.commons.gc.cuny.edu\/?p=462"},"modified":"2024-08-09T17:44:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:44:02","slug":"water-shortages-and-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-health-education-shneyderman\/2024\/07\/25\/water-shortages-and-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Water shortages and quality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Earth is covered in water, most of that water is not useful for human consumption. Globally, we are already suffering from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/drinking-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fresh water shortages <\/a>and water contamination issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Are we running out of clean water? - Balsher Singh Sidhu\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OCzYdNSJF-k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our oceans are vital for regulating global temperature, providing a food source for humans, and providing oxygen in the atmosphere. However, human activity has put the ocean&#8217;s food web at risk and increased other effects that can be harmful to our health, like harmful algae blooms. We are also responsible for pollution in the ocean, including plastics, and oil spills. Read more here &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/education\/resource-collections\/ocean-coasts\/ocean-pollution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/education\/resource-collections\/ocean-coasts\/ocean-pollution<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How We Can Keep Plastics Out of Our Ocean | National Geographic\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HQTUWK7CM-Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some things we can do is try to reduce our plastic consumption and recycle everything that we can. There are ways we can do this as individuals and as communities &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/recycle\/reducing-waste-what-you-can-do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/recycle\/reducing-waste-what-you-can-do<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While in the US we have not had to worry much about drinking water safety, globally thousands of people die every year from water-borne diseases &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/diarrhoeal-disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/diarrhoeal-disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, there are issues of water contamination in certain regions in the US, like in Flint, MI. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/stories\/flint-water-crisis-everything-you-need-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/stories\/flint-water-crisis-everything-you-need-know<\/a>. Other problems include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sites\/production\/files\/2015-09\/documents\/ag_runoff_fact_sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agricultural runoff<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2016-12\/documents\/hfdwa_executive_summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fracking<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the Earth is covered in water, most of that water is not useful for human consumption. Globally, we are already suffering from fresh water shortages and water contamination issues. Our oceans are vital for regulating global temperature, providing a food source for humans, and providing oxygen in the atmosphere. However, human activity has put &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-health-education-shneyderman\/2024\/07\/25\/water-shortages-and-quality\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Water shortages and quality&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,24],"class_list":["post-462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-slo9","tag-readings","tag-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-health-education-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-health-education-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-health-education-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-health-education-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-health-education-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-health-education-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1747,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-health-education-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions\/1747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-health-education-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-health-education-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-health-education-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}