[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5714]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           PUR DRINKING WATER

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                           HON. JEAN SCHMIDT

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 15, 2010

  Mrs. SCHMIDT. Madam Speaker, just short of one year ago, I came to 
the House floor to commend a constituent company, Procter & Gamble, for 
its efforts to provide clean, safe drinking water to billions of people 
across the globe. The occasion for my remarks was the delivery of P&G's 
one billionth liter of safe drinking water. At that time, I said that I 
was proud, not only for P&G's philanthropy up to that point, but also 
for the fact that they had committed to providing an additional two 
billion liters of safe drinking water within the next five years. I am 
happy to report that P&G delivered its two billionth liter of clean 
water to an earthquake survivor in the town of Dichato, Chile.
  According to the World Health Organization, more than one billion 
people across the globe do not have access to clean, safe drinking 
water. More than 4,000 children die every day from diseases they 
acquire through the contaminated drinking water. Nearly 1.5 million 
children die every year due to the water they drink. Each of these 
deaths is preventable.
  For more than seven years P&G has worked to prevent these deaths. 
Through the Procter & Gamble Children's Safe Drinking Water Program, 
P&G and its 80 partners distribute PUR--a powdered water clarification 
and disinfectant that comes in small, easy-to-use packets--in some of 
the poorest areas in the world. One small packet of powder uses the 
same ingredients as municipal water systems to remove pollutants and 
kill bacteria and viruses in a liter of polluted or contaminated water.
  Madam Speaker, I am very proud to represent Procter & Gamble. The 
lack of clean, safe drinking water threatens the health, livelihood and 
stability of nations around the world. I am very proud of the leading 
role that Procter & Gamble has taken to save thousands of lives each 
year. Please join me in congratulating P&G for the work they have done 
on this important issue and recognize them for their life-saving 
efforts.

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