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Tue March 6, 2012
Humanosphere

Global goal for safe drinking water acheived, agency reports

Credit Mike Urban / mikeurbanart.com
Borehole water supply, Nigeria

Amid all the dire reports that seem to indicate the world is going to heck in a handbasket, here’s some good news:

The United Nations children’s agency, otherwise known as UNICEF, reports that 89 percent of the world’s population now has access to safe drinking water.

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