9/11

I remember that I was around 5 or 6. I remember watching the smoke rise from the ruins. I remember my mom calling some of her friends that where in New York to make sure that they were okay. I remember feeling scared. I remember holding the phone listening while my grandparents, living just outside of NYC, said they were okay. Up to that point there had not been very much that just plain terrified me. Sure, there was Halloween or scary movies, but nothing real like that. A couple days after one of our magazines we got had a list of firemen and civilians who had perished in the fire. I remember looking at the pictures of the people who had died and wondering why someone would do that to them. I remember that I cried. For some reason I never forgot any of those, I still remember them all vividly

I think that the cause of 9/11 was American Foreign Policy. I believe that the Jihadist's believed that america had some sort of prejudice against them. That is what caused them to try to destroy 3 of america's most important buildings. Four planes where hijacked by al qaeda. Two went for each tower of the world trade center, one went the pentagon, and one went for the Capitol Building. The first three were successful, crashing into their targeted buildings. But the fourth going for the capitol crashed in a field because the passengers knew what was going on. About 3,000 people perished. Because of this a all planes in america landed in the closest airport. This left thousands stuck, not able to go home because the airports were shut down for a while. This had many consequences. Security was upped in the United States to stop future plots. There were very many health problems (from inhaled fiber glass, burns, etc.) The War on Terror was started.

That is what I know about 9/11.

Waterborne Illnesses

Introduction
About 3 million people die each year from a water related disease. And almost every 20 seconds a child dies from a water related disease. At any given time, almost half of the world’s hospital beds will be occupied by patients with a disease associated with water. Including lack of access, poor sanitation, and bad hygiene in developing nations. Water becomes contaminated by waste that gets into the water from dumping and/or poor filtration or processing of the water. Many harmful chemicals are present in tap water that we drink even in America.

Diseases
​ There are many water related diseases. Just to list a few cholera, Guinea Worm, e. coli, dysentery, salmonella and many diarrhea related conditions. These are caused by pollutants in the water. Corporations, and governments dump waste into rivers and other locations that end up in people’s mouths. The diseases caused by this are often times fatal.
Cholera: This is a bacterial disease of the small intestine. Cholera make you incredibly dehydrated and watery diarrhea. This is what has become an epidemic in Haiti, killing 2,013

Guinea Worm: this is a parasitic infection that grows down through the leg or foot. You become infected by drinking water with its larvae. Found in 4 African nations.

Many of the pollutants in water are man made, but some are natural. Including arsenic, mercury, chlorine, asbestos, and parasites. All which cause severe diseases. There are cheap ways to filter these out so that children and adults will be safe from disease. It is easy. But none of us have done it yet. Some organizations are trying, but they need help!

What can you do?
In order to stop waterborne illnesses we need to step upon the quality of the water that contains these bacteria. If we can get it to the point the quality of the infrastructure is safe and free from external contaminates then it will lower disease rates. Also if we can raise the level of awareness as with most problems it will help as more people will want to help since more people will know about it, in order to raise awareness you could do something as simple as email your friends or something as radical as book a time on nbc or some other news network to talk about water.

Conclusion
Waterborne illnesses kill millions each year. Mainly children in developing nations. These tragedies have plagued our world, and they are mainly our fault. According to water.org the ancient Romans had better infrastructure and water than half the people alive today. We need to stop that. It is very important.

Sources:

http://water.org/learn-about-the-water-crisis/facts/

http://www.unicef.org/wash/index_43106.html

http://www.home-water-purifiers-and-filters.com/water-contaminants.php

http://www.dhpe.org/infect/guinea.html

http://www.lenntech.com/library/diseases/diseases/waterborne-diseases.htm

http://uk.amref.org/what-we-do/fighting-disease-/waterborne-diseases-/

http://www.articlesbase.com/tools-and-equipment-articles/stop-spread-of-water-borne-disease-with-water-purification-638080.html