The World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16th October in honour of the date of founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Food, the most essential need of every living creature on earth is also the basic right of every human being. But the 2018 Global Report on Food Crisis provides the latest estimates of severe hunger in the world, around 124 million people in 51 countries are currently facing food crisis.
Last year’s report identified 108 million people live in zones of food crisis across 48 countries. A comparison of the 45 countries included in both editions of the report reveals an increase of 11 million people and 11 percent rise this year.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that about 815 million people of the 7.6 billion people in the world, or 10.7%, were suffering from chronic undernourishment.
In Southern Asia, which includes the countries of Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh, the prevalence of the undernourishment is rising again, increasing from 9.4 percent to 11.5 percent whereas, Eastern Asia (where China is the largest country) and South-eastern Asia (including Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam) have reduced under nutrition substantially.
DID YOU KNOW HOW CONTAMINATION REACHES OUR BODY?
Food contamination can take place through various factors but one of the most important factor is “WATER”. If the water bodies like ocean, rivers are polluted/contaminated, the contamination directly or indirectly enters the human body causing health issues.
According to World Health Organization, every year more than 3.4 million people die as a result of water related diseases, making it the leading cause of disease and death around the world.
Micro plastic is a major threat and is getting into the human body. Particles of micro plastic have been found in samples of tap water from around the world and in some of the sea foods and sea salt that we eat. The particles transport molecules that are harmful to humans at certain concentrations.
LET’S START TREATING WATER FOR BETTER FUTURE
The treatment of water can be done at the source / supply stage or at the POE / POU stage. However, treated water at the supply stages picks up contaminants from the piping it is supplied in. Hence, it is mandatory to have a POE / POU water purification system at home. Making sure the water used for cooking food is treated well is of utmost importance to avoid diseases.
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According to CNN, eighteen million Americans lives in community where violation of water system takes place. The federal agency in charge of making sure that those systems are safe not only knows the issues, but very little is done to stop them based on the research provided by multiple sources and water experts.
In this case, the “cop” is a combination of the states and the EPA. States are the first line of enforcement, but when they fail — as they did recently in Flint-Michigan — the EPA is supposed to step in. But in many cases, the agency hasn’t. More than 5,300 water systems in America are in violation of the EPA’s lead and copper rule. Violations include failure to properly test water for lead, failure to report contamination to residents, and failure to treat water properly to avoid lead contamination.
Lead is a cumulative toxicant that affects multiple body systems and is particularly harmful to young children. Lead in the body is distributed to the brain, liver, kidney and bones. It is stored in the teeth and bones, where it accumulates over time. Human exposure is usually assessed through the measurement of lead in blood.
Symptoms like tiredness, head and stomach aches, low iron deficiencies often mistaken for other illness are few ways to determine the lead poisoning and various other diseases present in the human body.
According to the U.S. Council of Environmental Quality, the risk of developing cancer is 93% higher in people who drink or are exposed to lead and chlorinated water.
