Clean Water - Something to Think About

[Mike Ciance]

isn't it funny how germaphobic we are here in america? i mean we have some of the cleanest, purest stuff in the world, and many of us are still not satisfied. we are so worried about which spray kills 99.99% of all germs, instead of just 99.9%. we worry about using water filters to "purify" water from our faucets that has already been treated and is safe to drink as-is. when i hear people say stuff like "o my god, did you know that when you flush the toilet, germs from there can land on your toothbrush, thats disgusting!" the only thing i find disgusting about that is that people actually worry about that stuff. we have amune systems, and people in these poor countries sometimes drink water that is safer than our toilet water, even after we use it. it would be much smarter to send some of our stuff to countries that need it. couldn't poor African peasants make better use of a Brita filter that us? We just need somebody to deliver them and teach the people how to use it.

i fully support anybody who tried to help these countries. they need it. we need to stop worrying about ourselves so much.