EXTRACTS FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FLUORIDE NEWSLETTER

D. Mail 29.11.11 “MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN”

A new study by Waterwise - a group that campaigns against water waste - shows that some modern showers waste so much water, their owners would be better off soaking in the bath. According to the study a typical Briton uses 150 litres or 33 gallons of fresh water every day.
LOOS: Nearly 33% of drinking water piped into our homes is used for flushing toilets – 2 billion litres of water every day. Yet it is all treated & chlorinated to make it safe to drink.
BATHS & SINKS: 21% of household water goes on bathing, washing & teeth cleaning.
POWER SHOWERS: 12% of UK water goes on showering.
WASHING CLOTHES: 15% of water is used by washing machines.
WASHING DISHES: 8% of water goes on washing dishes.
GARDENS: 7% of water is used for watering gardens & filling padding pools etc.
DRINKING: Waterwise estimate that much less than 4% of water is used for drinking if waiting for the tap to run cold, over-filling kettles & boiling pans without lids are taken into account.


A great deal of water is used to produce food, clothes, paper, household goods, electricity & cars. This is known as ‘embedded’ or ‘virtual’ water because it’s used to create something else. It takes 170 litres of fresh water to make 1 pint of beer. A cotton T-shirt takes around 4,000 litres of water to make. It takes 2,400 litres of water to produce the animal feed & sustain the cattle needed for just 1 hamburger!

My comment: This shows the folly of fluoridating the whole water supply.)


Ann


BRIAN JACKSON  WRITES.... 

I compile a regular Fluoride Newsletter for Friends of the Earth which is taken from sources Worldwide as well as here in the UK. If you wish to subscribe (its free and you dont have to be members of FoE . Just follow these instructions......
List address: fluoride@foe.co.uk
Subscribe: fluoride-subscribe@foe.co.uk
Unsubscribe: fluoride-unsubscribe@foe.co.uk