toopolite
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U.S. Friends are reacting that way due to the stereotypes that you just posted.
As far as being safe a concrete house with a fiveton Trane airconditioner is ok since if a flood comes its no problem, as far as fires.... concrete does not burn, hail, wind and hurricane damage is maybe replacing a glass window..............no termites and bullets bounce off of concrete walls.
In any city in the U.S. you can just walk in and buy a gun regardless of mental health.
Every time someone talks about violence and unsafe streets its always the U.S.A. that pops up when kids dieing in school or orther senseless violence is concerned
A wooden U.S. house can burn, blow away, eaten by termites, useless as far as stopping bullets shot from a driveby car so how "safe" are in that wood house? ....not very.
In Mexico you have to go and get permission from the City Mayors office, local police department, military and state police just to be able to request a gun.
Then if you want to take that weapon home you must get a travel permit for the weapon and show proof of a recent visit to a doctor for a mental evaluation.
In 98 percent of Mexican cities its safe to walk the streets after dark.
Can you say the same for the U.S.? nope.
As far as water quality most cities in the U.S.A. have contaminated rivers and if you live in a five hundred mile radius of Atlanta consider that what you drink be it sodas or beer or water has pesticides and other contaminants per C.D.C. report on water quality and increased contaminants found as vectors for bacterial and viral population outbreaks into the general population.
http://www.freedrinkingwater.com/water_quality/quality1/1-which-us-cities-have-risk-water.htm
We often take the purity of our tap water for granted -- and we shouldn't. A recent study (NRDC's What's on Tap?) a carefully researched, documented and peer-reviewed study of the drinking water systems of 19 U.S. cities, found that pollution and deteriorating, out-of-date plumbing are sometimes delivering drinking water that might pose health risks to some residents. Many cities around the country rely on pre-World War I-era water delivery systems and treatment technology. Aging pipes can break, leach contaminants into the water they carry and breed bacteria -- all potential prescriptions for illness. And old-fashioned water treatment -- built to filter out particles in the water and kill some parasites and bacteria -- generally fails to remove 21st-century contaminants like pesticides, industrial chemicals and arsenic. The research also found one overarching truth: If steps are not taken now, our drinking water will get worse. The U.S. government is making the problem worse instead of better. Seemingly more concerned about protecting corporate polluters than protecting public health, the administration is campaigning to hobble existing laws, thwart efforts to strengthen current pollution standards and cut funds for programs that protect tap water.
Have that softdrink and beer tested at a lab and see all those "wonderfull" extras in them like pesticides that you get from "safe"?.......bah! U.S. water.
http://iier.isciii.es/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5617a7.htm
Nonetheless, an estimated 4 million to 33 million cases of gastrointestinal illness associated with public drinking water systems occur annually in the United States (5,6). These estimates do not include illnesses that occur in the estimated 45 million persons served by small or individual water systems (4,7) or illnesses that are not gastrointestinal. The occurrence of drinking-water--associated disease highlights the importance of maintaining and improving the nation's water infrastructure. EPA promotes practices to change how the nation views, values, manages, and invests in its water infrastructure so that water systems are sustainable and will be available to serve future generations. EPA is working with the water industry to identify best practices to help water utilities address aging infrastructure, efficient water use, and watershed protection (8). CDC activities related to National Drinking Water Week include reducing the adverse health effects from contaminated drinking water and recreational water,
< Message edited by toopolite -- 4/22/2008 10:13:36 PM >
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