5. Water... Are We Drying Out‪?‬ Healthy Planet Healthy You

Since the beginning of human civilization, water has been a recurrent topic in different affairs including religion, science, medicine, philosophy, and poetry. Since the planet was formed, the amount of water has remained the same, this means that the water we use today is recycled water from millions of years ago. However, as human activities are diverting water to the ocean and polluting it, freshwater is becoming one of the scarcest resources on the planet… and unfortunately, we keep treating it as a dispensable commodity. Water is essential for life and we depend on safe water for our health and livelihood. What we know for sure is that for our own survival, we must treat water as a very valuable and precious resource… because it is.