Industrial waste is even more harmful since there are many highly poisonous materials in it, such as copper and lead.

工业废料更有害，因为其中有许多毒性很强的材料，如铜和铅。

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Last year, China's environment was facing a grave situation, with several major rivers and lakes clogged by industrial waste.

去年，中国的环境面临着严峻的形势，几处主要的河流和湖泊被工业废料堵塞。

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For the first time industrial waste, such as ash from the soap-boilers, was collected in the cities and sold in the country as artificial fertilizer.

工业废料，如煮皂炉里的灰，第一次开始在城市里被收集，作为人工肥料在农村出售。

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And lead amounts can be especially high near industrial areas and waste dumps.

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This will force industrial nations to develop better waste-to-energy programs and recycling technologies.

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And he knows no landfill liner system is completely leak-proof, meaning there is some possibility that the industrial quantities of waste coming from the oil cleanup could pollute local underground water supplies.

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Perhaps it should also consider entering some of its industrial waste for the Turner Prize.

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Industrial waste, much of it toxic, litters the landscape, poisoning the soil, water and air.

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Currently, millions of people worldwide are exposed to dangerously high levels of mercury due to industrial waste.

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