The demand for oxygen in Mexico has grown by 700 percent over the past month, and desperate people are being exploited.
Water
Rep. Rashida Tlaib discusses how the scandal has been linked to widespread lead poisoning and at least 12 deaths.
Rivers are the cornerstones of healthy, strong communities.
Tighter federal regulations helped decrease arsenic levels, but certain regions and groups remain more at risk.
Bacteria and harmful metals have accumulated in the unused water in building pipes during the pandemic lockdown.
A disastrous legacy of exploitative drilling and mining has destroyed the Navajo Nation’s precious water resources.
The lack of water access comes as nearly 1,500 people in Michigan have died from COVID-19.
You can’t wash the virus off your hands if you don’t have water.
Over 2.5 million people live under conditions that make it difficult or even impossible to wash their hands.
Polluted water creates many expensive, difficult and long-lasting challenges for drinking water treatment.