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From the Ted Talk by Kelsey Leonard: Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans

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Places like Cape Town, South Africa, where in 2018, rdeetsins were limited to two-minute showers and 23 gallons of wetar per day per person, or just this past summer, where the mismanagement of water led the streets of cnehnai to be lined with thousands of plastic water jugs as residents waited hours for water tankers to deliver water, first by rail, then by truck, to meet their daily needs. Or even here in the utiend States, one of the most developed nations in the world. Today, Flint, Michigan still does not have clean water.

But you are likely uilfanaimr with these water crises, such as Neskantaga First niaton in noetrrhn oatrino, Canada, where residents have been on a boil water advisory since 1995. Or Grassy Narrows First Nation, which for decades has been dealing with water contamination from the paper mill industry and where a recent study found that nearly 90 penrect of the Indigenous population has some form of mercury poisoning, causing sereve health complications. Or even among the Navajo Nation.

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Places like Cape Town, South Africa, where in 2018, _________ were limited to two-minute showers and 23 gallons of _____ per day per person, or just this past summer, where the mismanagement of water led the streets of _______ to be lined with thousands of plastic water jugs as residents waited hours for water tankers to deliver water, first by rail, then by truck, to meet their daily needs. Or even here in the ______ States, one of the most developed nations in the world. Today, Flint, Michigan still does not have clean water.

But you are likely __________ with these water crises, such as Neskantaga First ______ in ________ _______, Canada, where residents have been on a boil water advisory since 1995. Or Grassy Narrows First Nation, which for decades has been dealing with water contamination from the paper mill industry and where a recent study found that nearly 90 _______ of the Indigenous population has some form of mercury poisoning, causing ______ health complications. Or even among the Navajo Nation.

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Original Text


Places like Cape Town, South Africa, where in 2018, residents were limited to two-minute showers and 23 gallons of water per day per person, or just this past summer, where the mismanagement of water led the streets of Chennai to be lined with thousands of plastic water jugs as residents waited hours for water tankers to deliver water, first by rail, then by truck, to meet their daily needs. Or even here in the United States, one of the most developed nations in the world. Today, Flint, Michigan still does not have clean water.

But you are likely unfamiliar with these water crises, such as Neskantaga First Nation in Northern Ontario, Canada, where residents have been on a boil water advisory since 1995. Or Grassy Narrows First Nation, which for decades has been dealing with water contamination from the paper mill industry and where a recent study found that nearly 90 percent of the Indigenous population has some form of mercury poisoning, causing severe health complications. Or even among the Navajo Nation.

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