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Every person on earth has the right to clean water and shelter.

 

The industry, which negates this right with a vengeance, is the nuclear industry.

 

Large tracts of the earth are now uninhabitable because of radioactive pollution.

 

Even without nuclear accidents, from uranium mining in the Grand Canyon or Peru to dumping in Cumbrian landfill every stage uses and abuses fresh water like there is no tomorrow.

 

On 28 July 2010, through Resolution 64/292, the United Nations General Assembly explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation and acknowledged that clean drinking water and sanitation are essential to the realisation of all human rights. In November 2002, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted General Comment No. 15 on the right to water. Article I.1 states that

 

"The human right to water is indispensable for leading a life in human dignity. It is a prerequisite for the realization of other human rights".

 

Resolution A/RES/64/292. United Nations General Assembly, July 2010 General Comment No. 15.

The right to water.

UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, November 2002 http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/human_right_to_water.shtml