[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6674-6675]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           PUR DRINKING WATER

  (Mrs. SCHMIDT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, the World Health Organization estimates 
that more than 1 billion people across the globe do not have access to 
clean, safe drinking water. The lack of clean water means that more 
than 4,000 children die every day because of the diseases they acquire 
due to unsafe water. These deaths are preventable, and I am proud to 
call attention to the work that the Procter & Gamble Company, one of my 
constituents, is doing to prevent these deaths.
  P&G teamed with over 30 partners to provide safe drinking water to 40 
countries and has provided safe drinking water during the global crises 
such as the tsunami in Asia, hurricanes in the Caribbean, and floods in 
the Philippines and Bangladesh. On Monday, former P&G CEO John Pepper 
delivered the one billionth liter of safe drinking water at a rural 
clinic near Lagos, Nigeria.
  The billionth liter of safe drinking water was delivered through PUR 
Purifier of Water. PUR is a powdered water

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clarification and disinfectant that comes in small, easy-to-use 
packets. One packet has the same ingredients as a municipal water 
system to remove pollutants and cysts and kill bacteria and viruses in 
a liter of polluted water.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud of what Procter & Gamble does. Their 
philanthropy extends far beyond this. They are committed to doing this 
for another 5 years and creating two more billion liters of safe 
drinking water.

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