Canadian Teachers are Waiting for Over 1,800 Sponsored Kits to be Sent to their Schools

Canadian teachers are currently waiting for over 1,800 sponsored Operation Water Drop, Operation Water Pollution and Operation Water Biology kits to be sent to their schools.  Individuals and companies can sponsor kits for schools.  If you/your company sponsors kits, you/your company will be acknowledged in the letter that accompanies the kit.  You can even decide in which geographic area your kits will be dispersed or to which specific school(s).  Please e-mail info@safewater.org if you would like to sponsor Operation Water Drop, Operation Water Pollution and/or Operation Water Biology kits or if you would like more information.

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Many school divisions and districts from coast to coast are recommending the Safe Drinking Water Foundation's education programs to their teachers!  Thank you to all of the administrators who are promoting our programs!  To find out whether a sponsored kit is available for your school,  send an e-mail to info@safewater.org or phone 306-934-0389.

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Yellow Quill First Nation raw water – Would you drink the water on the left??

The 2 L bottle on the left is a sample of the source water that Yellow Quill First Nation uses to procure its drinking water and the 2 L bottle on the right is a sample of the source water that the City of Saskatoon uses to procure its drinking water. Notice a difference!! The stream that Yellow Quill First Nation uses for its source water is also used by a community upstream to deposit its sewage once a year in the spring. As a result, Yellow Quill FN has extremely poor source water. It is for this reason why Yellow Quill FN was on a boil water advisory for nearly a decade. It wasn’t until SDWF scientists intervened at Yellow Quill FN and installed the Integrated Biological and Reverse Osmosis Membrane (IBROM) treatment system that the 9 year boil water advisory was finally lifted. Now, Yellow Quill FN residents have amongst the safest drinking water in the world!!

To learn more about Yellow Quill FN and the IBROM treatment system, please go to: http://www.safewater.org/PDFS/scientificresearch/Integrated_Biological_Filtration.pdf

What caused this?

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Arsenic Poisoning

This hand is a result of arsenic poisoning. Drinking water can become contaminated with arsenic from both natural processes (i.e., the dissolution or arsenic from bedrock) and human activities (i.e., industrial effluent). Human beings from all over the world (including Canada) are knowingly and unknowingly consuming drinking water that is contaminated with arsenic and as a result are susceptible to the deleterious implications associated consuming drinking water loaded with arsenic poisoning.  Arsenic poisoning from inorganic arsenic in groundwater can cause numerous health manifestations, such as hyperpigmentation, skin lesions, hyper keratinized nails, bladder and lung cancer, etc.  The health implications are significant and if you have concerns regarding high levels of arsenic in your drinking water you should contact your local public works department to ensure arsenic levels are regularly tested in treated water supplies.

For more information concerning arsenic in drinking water, go to:
http://www.safewater.org/PDFS/scientificresearch/humanhealtheffectsfromchronicarsenicpoisoning-areview.pdf