"The water's got to go somewhere and unfortunately rural communities who live by the riverside are having to bear the brunt of that, " she said.

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Somewhere in the middle may be schistosomiasis, a debilitating disease caused by a parasitic flatworm carried by water snails, which affects 200m people worldwide.

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The goal is to hold them accountable by having them scrutinize their supply chain practices to ensure that no filthy water is seeping into waterways somewhere in the process from chemical to laptop.

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