Releasing Waste
A small article in the newspaper, but a huge problem. Sick pig parts dumped into a stream near Shanghai possibly contaminated the water supply. "On Monday...officials said that the number of carcasses retrieved had reached 2,813."
Our landfills can contaminate water. Too often garbage is dumped besides rivers and streams--results can be disastrous.
Then there's ocean dumping. According to a report by the scientists at Applied Coastal Oceanography 42 million tons of wet sewage sludge were dumped or released into the ocean between the years 1986 and 1992.
Then there are companies dumping toxic waste into streams.
There are ships sailing to developing countries with cargos of radioactive toxic waste and toxic chemicals. Nigeria recently sent a ship back to England because many of the containers on board had red alert labels.
Red alert.
We 're drowning in waste, in toxic waste released into our streams, our landfills.
What's to be done?
Our landfills can contaminate water. Too often garbage is dumped besides rivers and streams--results can be disastrous.
Then there's ocean dumping. According to a report by the scientists at Applied Coastal Oceanography 42 million tons of wet sewage sludge were dumped or released into the ocean between the years 1986 and 1992.
Then there are companies dumping toxic waste into streams.
There are ships sailing to developing countries with cargos of radioactive toxic waste and toxic chemicals. Nigeria recently sent a ship back to England because many of the containers on board had red alert labels.
Red alert.
We 're drowning in waste, in toxic waste released into our streams, our landfills.
What's to be done?
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