Mr. Kostas Athanasiou's speech at the International Water Conference focused on drinking water, challenges and opportunities in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The 1st International Forum on Water was organized in Cyprus with the participation of many university professors from various countries, directors of the Ministries of Agriculture, Health, Cyprus, Greece, the State Chemistry Department and more. All the speakers referred to the major problems of water and the dangers of drinking water contaminated with chemical pollutants and pathogenic microorganisms.
Mr. Kostas Athanasiou, a Water Specialist certified by the Water Quality Association of America, analyzed the major problems of water pollution. Mr. Athanasiou in his speech at the International Water Conference explained the major health risks and pointed out that only families can provide a radical solution to the quality of the water they drink. He also referred to the dangers of chlorine when we drink it with water, stressing that our body does not eliminate chlorine, resulting in so many kidney patients, heart disease and other major illnesses today.
Chlorinated water, when drunk, destroys the good soldiers of the stomach that kill pathogenic microorganisms and more. They compete with antibiotics when we take them, so they are not effective in treating the problem for which they are given.
Finally, he stressed the great importance of informing the public about the major problem of water quality and how we can tackle it. At this conference Mr. Kostas Athanasiou and the company Camelot® for their contribution to prevention and health.
March 2023
