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Water Facts Global Water Crisis 80% of all disease in the developing world is caused by water-related illness 884 million people do not have access to safe drinking water 2.5 billion are without adequate sanitation facilities Every day, nearly 6,000 people who share our planet die from water-related illnesses, and the vast majority are children. Each WeDrink Bottle directly supports the charities solving these problems Bottled Water: The Great Waste of the 21st Century The price of bottled water is up to 10,000 times the cost of tap water 40% of all bottled water is simply taken from municipal water sources 22% of tested bottled water brands contained chemical contaminants at levels above state health limits 17 million barrels of oil are used in the production of water bottles yearly: enough to fuel 1 million cars for a year It takes 3x the amount of water to produce the bottle as it does to fill it Only 1 in 5 water bottles are recycled Currently 3 billion pounds of waste from plastic water bottles cover the earth WeDrink's reusable stainless steel bottles are the answer to this waste Sources: Food and Drug Administration Consumer Reports Environmental Working Group Commitee of Energy and Commerce Natural Resources Defense Council Good Magazine Container Recycling Institute International Bottled Water Association