dimanche 21 mars 2010

"Eau Douce du Canada sont Très Menacées"


"Eau Douce du Canada sont Très Menacées"
Sondage Unilever - RBC
Approvisionnement du Canada en eau - Communiqué de presse sur le sondage (80 KB)

19 mars 2008 – Unilever, en partenariat avec RBC et la Décennie internationale d’action pour « l’eau, source de vie » (initiative canadienne de partenariats), a publié un sondage qui indique qu’une vaste majorité de Canadiens (80 %) est convaincue que le Canada dispose de suffisamment d’eau douce pour combler ses besoins à long terme.

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Concern over Canada's lakes: Study
Will contamination threaten favourite swimming spots?
Mark Iype
March 17, 2010
Montreal Gazette

As the weather warms and beaches beckon, an overwhelming number of Canadians worry that contaminated lakes will threaten their favourite summer swimming spots, results of a study released Wednesday suggest.

The Canadian Water Attitudes Study, conducted by the Royal Bank and Unilever, found that 83 per cent of Canadians are concerned about the quality of water in lakes where they swim, and more than two-thirds thinks the water is getting worse.

"We have thousands of lakes that are starting to be a concern," said Bob Sandford, the chairman of Canadian Partnership Initiative of the UN Water for Life Decade, which backed the study. MORE >>>

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