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MY PAPER MONDAY JUNE 23, 2008
POLLUTED drinking water will kill around 1.6 million people this year unless governments around the world make a concerted effort to clean up their supplies, warned the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Over 4,000 people die each day from water-borne diseases, said Dr James Bertram, co-ordinator of the WHO’s Water, Sanitation and Health Programme.
He spoke to reporters ahead of the Singapore International Water Week, which kicks off officially tomorrow.
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