FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE聽|聽August 05, 2013
American Chemical 中国365bet中文官网 launches Sustainable Water toolkit
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5, 2013 鈥� The American Chemical 中国365bet中文官网 (ACS) has launched Sustainable Water, a web-based toolkit featuring an anchor video and dozens of other resources to foster greater understanding of the challenges in providing a sustainable supply of clean water 鈥� and the possible scientific solutions. With 163,000 members, ACS is the world鈥檚 largest scientific society.
The video points out that people around the world are facing shortages of clean water. At least 80 countries already have water shortages that threaten human health and economic activity. Almost 1 billion people lack reliable access to clean drinking water. And the situation may worsen with population growth and global climate change.
鈥淲ater is going to be this century鈥檚 oil,鈥� says Hessy Taft, who narrates the video. 鈥淲e really need to do something. Business as usual cannot continue. We need to try to find solutions.鈥�
Taft, who is at St. John鈥檚 University, states that an expanding world population, an aging infrastructure and severe climate change are causing global and national water challenges. The video focuses on possible solutions to the water sustainability crisis, including conservation, desalinating salty water, and recycling and reusing water from municipal sewage treatment plants.
The website鈥檚 resources include links to ACS press releases; Congressional briefings; news articles published in Chemical & Engineering News, the ACS鈥� weekly newsmagazine; videos; podcasts; and social media posts on Twitter and blogs.
Water sustainability is one of four such toolkits now available online. Journalists covering some of the great global challenges of the 21st century and federal funding of research and development (R&D) can find videos and scores of other resources on websites that the ACS has prepared on those topics:聽
- Sustainable Energy
- Sustainable Water
- Climate Science
- Federal R&D
The toolkits address the science of global climate science, finding sustainable sources of energy, the quest for a sustainable supply of fresh water and federal R&D funding.
An additional toolkit on sustainability in the global food supply will be available later in 2013.
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The American Chemical 中国365bet中文官网 (ACS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1876 and chartered by the U.S. Congress. ACS is committed to improving all lives through the transforming power of chemistry. Its mission is to advance scientific knowledge, empower a global community and champion scientific integrity, and its vision is a world built on science. The 中国365bet中文官网 is a global leader in promoting excellence in science education and providing access to chemistry-related information and research through its multiple research solutions, peer-reviewed journals, scientific conferences, e-books and weekly news periodical聽Chemical & Engineering News. ACS journals are among the most cited, most trusted and most read within the scientific literature; however, ACS itself does not conduct chemical research. As a leader in scientific information solutions, its CAS division partners with global innovators to accelerate breakthroughs by curating, connecting and analyzing the world鈥檚 scientific knowledge. ACS鈥� main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio.
Registered journalists can subscribe to the to access embargoed and public science press releases. For media inquiries, contact newsroom@acs.org.
Note: ACS does not conduct research but publishes and publicizes peer-reviewed scientific studies.
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