Poverty and crowding in the Gaza strip are the issues in this installment of our special series on Mideast Water. Unemployment in Gaza hovers near forty percent, and birth rates are among the highest in the world. Living on Earth’s Sandy Tolan reports that paltry and contaminated water supplies in Gaza may be fueling a public health crisis.
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