Paris fountains dyed to highlight World Water Day
A French NGO has poured red dye to "contaminate" fountains in Paris and other cities to commemorate World Water Day.
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Activists from Action Contre la Faim (Action Against Hunger; ACF) poured what they said was a non-toxic red dye into the iconic Fontaine St Michel in Paris’s Latin Quarter, making it look like blood, to highlight the fact that millions of people around the world do not have access to safe drinking water.
“Water is deadly: more than 780 million people drink unsafe water…non-potable water kill more people than wars,” said Stéphane Rivoal, the president of ACF.
The NGO said more than 1.7 billion people get sick from drinking dirty water every year, killing around 760,000 people every year.
Diarrhoea is the second biggest cause of death among children, according to the NGO.
A similar protest was carried out in a dozen other French cities.
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