Monday, August 2, 2010

SAINS dan kehidupan

Water Filter Right After Supply Interruption
Clean Water Filter

Apa agaknya yang berlaku selepas gangguan bekalan air?

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=516269

Do you know how much percentage of human body is composed of water? Babies have the most, being born at about 78%. By one year of age, that amound drops to about 65%. In adult men, about 60% of their bodies are water. However, fat tissue does not have as much water as lean tissue.  In adult women, fat makes up more of the body than men, so they have about 55% of thier bodies made of water.

Kenyataan ini menjelaskan pentingnya air untuk manusia. Air yang bersih perlu untuk badan berfungsi dengan baik. Sistem kumbahan seperti buah pinggang manusia terganggu sekiranya makanan dan mimuman tercemar walaupun tidak kelihatan oleh mata kasar. Akan tetapi setiap kali gangguan bekalan air, kita akan menerima air yang berwarna keruh dan berbau. Kebanyakan pengguna akan membazirkan air dengan membiarkan pili terbuka dengan harapan air akan kembali elok sebelum digunakan. Yang merungsingkan, adakah air pili yang dibekalkan selamat untuk diminum walaupun sesudah dididihkan sehingga lebih dari 100C?

Clean water is what everybody is paying especially for drinking. Until someone in SAINS drinks straight from the tap for a year, I choose Water filtration system for my family. Nevertheless, I am still thankful that we, Malaysian do not have to take NEWater like our Singapore neighbors do.

SAINS: Syarikat Air Negeri Sembilan
NEWater: Brand name given to reclaimed water produced by Singapore's Public Utilities Board.