Numerous rivers, once the source of human prosperity and rich wildlife, are now heavily polluted.
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The sea is heavily polluted, heroin abuse is growing, and for people like Mohammed, there are no jobs.
Polluted water kills more people than all wars, crimes and terrorism combined, according to the U.N.
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Its average incomes are dismally low, and much of its air and water is heavily polluted.
This cover acts as a giant sponge, absorbing rainfall and reducing polluted storm-water runoff.
The World Bank has said China has 16 of the world's 20 most polluted cities.
In India, for example, more than 400 million people live along the highly polluted Ganges River.
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Typically, a public nuisance is just that: polluted air or water, say, or traffic.
In 2006, Blacksmith started cataloging hyper-polluted hot spots around the world to draw attention to their poisonous effects.
There isn't much beauty to be seen, unless you include some polluted sunrises and corny naturism.
At a time when contaminated waterways and polluted air threatened too many of our communities, John H.
Chesapeake says it has offered to install water filtration systems to 20 Pennsylvania homeowners with polluted water.
After the celebrations, they will have to transform their polluted, traffic-congested capital into something altogether more inviting.
So today, many cities are looking for more innovative, cost-effective approaches to managing their polluted storm water.
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Take my word for it—corrupted advice, like polluted drinking water, can be harmful to your (financial) health.
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Rules and a degree of co-ordination among authorities are inevitable because regeneration often involves heavily polluted sites.
Every year those volunteers donate 500, 000 hours to clean up polluted rivers, restore fish habitat and fish populations.
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