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A 5 page essay on the causes of river pollution and some of the solutions that are being implemented to cope with the problems. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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typhoid and cholera, it is worse then an open sewer. Any skin that becomes exposed to its water becomes red and blistered as if it were scorched. (Peggy A-1) Although,
thankfully, other U.S. rivers are not this bad, it is an example of what can happen when river pollution is overlooked and disregarded. It doesnt just go away; it only
gets worse. (Clifford A-1) Water pollution is not new. Even before the industrial revolution, water contained small amounts of waste. Small amounts of soil, the remains of dead
plants and animals, and the waste products of plants and animals have always been present in the water table. Nature can cleanse itself of these natural wastes through the action
of oxygen and bacteria. (Bourne 44) When human beings overload the water table with artificial waste plus the huge amounts of waste produced by large cities, rivers become overloaded
and can no longer cleanse themselves. Waste piles up and the water becomes polluted. Polluted water kills plant life, animal life, and, in some instances, can become so
severe as to be threat to human life as well. Pollution comes from various sources. (Jenkins 56) Coal mines give off millions of tons of acid that run into the
rivers of the eastern United States. Other sources of industrial pollution are paper mills and chemical plants. The United States uses over 500,00 tons of pest and weed killer every
year. (Water Quality 15) These chemicals can easily become attached to soil at the bottoms of river and streams when they are washed by rainfall and runoff. Use of DDT
(dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) was banned in the U.S. over twenty years ago, but it can still be detected in dirt from the bottom of the Mississippi River even today. (Water Quality 15)
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