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HomeFactsGameHow You Can HelpAbout UsResourcesFacts About Water PollutionAround 70% of the industrial waste is dumped into the water bodies where they pollute the usable water supply At least 320 million people in China do not have access to clean drinking water Fourteen billion pounds of garbage mostly plastic, is dumped into the ocean every yearAquatic animal have faced an estimated extinction rate five times more than that of terrestrial animalsAccording to UNICEF, more than 3,000 children die everyday globally due to consumption of contaminated drinking water15 million children under the age of five die each year because of diseases caused by drinking waterApproximately 40% of the lakes in America are too polluted for fishing, aquatic life, or swimmingOver 1 million seabirds and 100,000 sea mammals are killed by pollution every year