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=What causes __WATER POLLUTION__  and how does it affect the lives of people around the world?  -by Jenny Park- =

= Introduction =  Water is a very valuable and precious resource to all living organisms living on Earth. Without just a few days of water, people can die. Water is necessary and essential for life to exist on the planet, so it is crucial that we take care of the resource before it is all gone. Unfortunately, many regions and countries are on a shortage of water. Some countries where water is rarely found use the same source of water for drinking, cooking, washing, bathing, and providing farm animals with water. Just because water is easily found around us doesn't mean it is the same to others. You can buy a bottle of water in South Korea with 500KRW. In other countries with very limited amount of water, the price might cost much more than you think. Even though this issue is not affecting us directly, it is still affecting many people simultaneously around the world. Now let's see what causes this environmental problem and how it affects the people around the world! ( Kifferstein, Brad, and David Krantz. "Water Pollution and Society."),  (Stefanow, Jennifer. __Polluted Waters (Green Alert)__. New York, New York: Raintree Publishers, 2005. p.30)

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 * ==What IS "Water Pollution”? ==
 * "Pollution" means to make <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 121%;"> unclean or dirty. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Therefore, Water Pollution is making the water unclean and polluted. <span style="color: rgb(28, 60, 202);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 88%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">( <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Kifferstein, Brad, and David Krantz. "Water Pollution and Society.") <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">
 * ==<span style="color: rgb(239, 121, 46); font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(255, 108, 0);"> CAUSES water pollution? ==
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There are basically TWO types of pollutants that cause water pollution. One is called the //**__point pollutant__**//, and the other is called the **//__nonpoint pollutant.__//** <span style="color: rgb(28, 60, 202);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 88%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">( <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Kifferstein, Brad, and David Krantz. "Water Pollution and Society.") <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 50);">Point Pollutants __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Point pollutants are harmful wastes that are emitted <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">directly <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> into a body of water by people.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Examples:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Oil Spills [[image:WaterGutter.jpg width="214" height="199" align="right" caption="Example of non point pollutant"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Harmful chemicals are emitted into water
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Garbage is directly dumped into the water by humans (people litter) <span style="color: rgb(28, 60, 202);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 88%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">( <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Kifferstein, Brad, and David Krantz. "Water Pollution and Society.") <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(218, 11, 11);">Nonpoint Pollutants __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Nonpoint pollutants pollute a body of water indirectly <span style="font-size: 121%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> by changes in the environment, <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> such as change in the weather. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Examples:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Fertilizer and sewage is carried from the farming areas into the streams of water by rain
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Vehicle oil from cars wash off into the streams when it rains heavily <span style="color: rgb(28, 60, 202);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 88%;">( <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Kifferstein, Brad, and David Krantz. "Water Pollution and Society.")


 * ==<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Where do the POLLUTANTS come from? ==
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(223, 17, 17); font-size: 110%;">Municipal sources
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 110%;">Municipal sources are watse water or pollutants from home that include: suspended solids, oxygen-demanding materials, dissolved inorganic compounds, and harmful bacteria. <span style="color: rgb(28, 60, 202);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 88%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">( <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Kifferstein, Brad, and David Krantz. "Water Pollution and Society.")
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(241, 30, 30); font-size: 110%;">Industrial sources
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 110%;">Factories produce chemical wastes that flow into the river.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 110%;">The remaining ashes and poisonous gasses from factories float up to the clouds; when it rains, the poisonous or unclean substances come down with the rain into the oceans, polluting it. <span style="color: rgb(28, 60, 202);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 88%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">( <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Kifferstein, Brad, and David Krantz. "Water Pollution and Society.")
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(241, 30, 30); font-size: 110%;">Agricultural sources
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 110%;">Leftover waste water is often dumped into rivers nearby the farms.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 110%;">The nutrients that are flown into the water lead to a growth boom of algae, which use up all the oxygen for the other marine animals and plants. Therefore, the marine animals are definitely in danger. <span style="color: rgb(28, 60, 202);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 88%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">( <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">Kifferstein, Brad, and David Krantz. "Water Pollution and Society.")

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 * ==<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(35, 169, 143);">Which parts of the world is it AFFECTING? ==
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">'Freshwater Pollution by Country' Statistics (#1~#30)

[[image:d7a0d797d79c-d790d79cd79bd7a1d7a0d793d7a8-d791d799d7aa-d799d7a0d790d799-d79ed790d799-2008-004.jpg width="381" height="295" align="right" caption="Water Pollution in Israel"]]
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 1 Israel: 27.07 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 2 Jordan: 11.53 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 3 Tunisia: 11.4 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 4 Algeria: 8.58 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 5 Czech Republic: 7.9 tons/cubic km <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 6 Morocco: 7.85 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 7 Denmark: 7.13 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 8 Poland: 5.85 tons/cubic km <span style="color: rgb(225, 14, 14); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="color: rgb(225, 14, 14); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 9 Korea, South: 5.68 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 10 Ukraine: 5.52 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 11 South Africa: 4.74 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 12 Macedonia: 4.7 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 13 Japan: 4.27 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 14 China: 3.78 tons/cubic k m

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 15 Spain: 3.7 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 16 Egypt: 3.58 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 17 United Kingdom: 3.34 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 18 Switzerland: 3.02 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 19 Portugal: 2.5 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 20 France: 2.49 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 21 Oman: 2.3 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 22 Jamaica: 2.19 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 23 Armenia: 2.14 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">= 24 Slovenia: 1.32 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">= 24 Greece: 1.32 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">= 26 Netherlands: 1.29 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">= 26 Lithuania: 1.29 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 28 El Salvador: 1.21 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 29 Hungary: 1.17 tons/cubic km
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"># 30 United States: 1.14 tons/cubic km <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(28, 60, 202);">("Water freshwater pollution (most recent) by country." NationMaster)


 * The data above shows from the most polluted country to the thirtieth most polluted country. Sadly, South Korea comes in 9th place, which means Korea is really polluted. It is such a small country, but it is ranking 9th place in pollution of fresh water.

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 * =<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(29, 185, 99);">How are the different regions being affected? =
 * __<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 50);">Athens, Greece __
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(29, 185, 99);"> media type="youtube" key="xqTObOnRb4s" height="356" width="436"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A river in Greece where once had been a beautiful river represented in Greek mythology is now polluted.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The pollution is caused by massive amounts of heavy metals that flow into the river.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A protection agency is established, but it fails to protect the river.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It will take at least decades to change it back to its original condition. <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(28, 60, 202);"> ("YouTube - BBC News - River pollution in Athens." __YouTube - Broadcast Yourself)__
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 50); font-size: 110%;">Rivers of China __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Water Shortage
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Half of China's seven main rivers were contaminated by industrial, agricultural, and domestic wastes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In 1990, 80% of the surface water of China was found to be contaminated.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Only 20% of China's rivers were actually qualified for being used for agriculture and farming uses. <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(28, 60, 202);"> (Stefanow, Jennifer. __Polluted Waters (Green Alert)__. New York, New York: Raintree Publishers, 2005. p.38)
 * __<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 50);">The Dead Zone, Mexico __
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(29, 185, 99);">media type="youtube" key="3n7yyJinlNw" height="357" width="432"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone is polluted enough to make it hard for fish to live in the water.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The fertilizers flow into the gulf of the Dead Zone.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As the food of the fish such as shrimp and other small marine animals escape the Dead Zone, the fish have nothing to eat, which affects the food chain. Therefore the price of the fish from the Dead Zone is low. <span style="color: rgb(28, 60, 202);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">( <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">"YouTube - Dead Zone." __YouTube - Broadcast Yourself)__
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 50); font-size: 110%;">Prince William Sound, Alaska __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Exxon Valdez Disaster
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Huge amounts of oil was spilled into Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska. (March 23, 1989)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Animals such as seals, otters, seabirds, etc. were injured and hurt by the oil spill. As they tried to clean themselves, they accidentally swallowed oil and poisoned themselves. <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(28, 60, 202);">(Stefanow, Jennifer. __Polluted Waters (Green Alert)__. New York, New York: Raintree Publishers, 2005. p.30)

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 * ==<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(106, 162, 11);">What is BEING DONE in the countries to solve the problem? ==
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 50);">__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In the United States: The Clean Water Act __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Proposed in 1972, The Clean Water Act attempted to reduce direct pollutants into water.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Act provided treatment facilities and managed polluted water.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">At first, it focuses on improving the water quality
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Now, it focuses on saving wild life back in the waters. <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(28, 60, 202);"> (Stefanow, Jennifer. __Polluted Waters (Green Alert)__. New York, New York: Raintree Publishers, 2005. p.42)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 50);">__In China: The Dam Construction__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">China is constructing the largest dam in the world in the Yangtze River, which is to be constructed by 2009.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Chinese government is also cleaning up Huaihe, Liaohe, and Haihe rivers and Dianchi, Taihu, and Chaohu lakes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The government is expecting to improve their drinking water conditions by 2010. <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(28, 60, 202);">(Stefanow, Jennifer. __Polluted Waters (Green Alert)__. New York, New York: Raintree Publishers, 2005. p.39)
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 50);">__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In Alaska: The Clean-up __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">To clean up the oil spill, hot water was sprayed to break up the oil, chemicals were used to remove the oil, bulldozers and tractors were brought in to remove oil-covered sediments, and rescue workers used Inipol EAP22, a chemical that encourages the growth of oil-eating bacteria (bioremediation).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Using hot water and chemicals also killed organisms in the sea
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Afterall, sea birds, clams, mussels, loons, cormorants, harbor seals, ducks, and many other marine animals came back to life.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Still, only the populations of the bald eagles and sea otters were fully recovered. <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(28, 60, 202);"> (Stefanow, Jennifer. __Polluted Waters (Green Alert)__. New York, New York: Raintree Publishers, 2005. p.31)
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 50);">__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In Mexico: The Gulf of Mexico Program, The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Gulf of Mexico Program
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Introduced in 1988 by the Environmental Protection Agency
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It identifies strict guidelines for farmers: what they are not to discharge into rivers and streams
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Oil Pollution Act of 1990
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Required companies with oil tankers to prepare for a plan just in case oil spills happen in the future.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The local authorities have the right to take over an oil-spill clean up operation if the company's response is not active or good enough. <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(28, 60, 202);">(Stefanow, Jennifer. __Polluted Waters (Green Alert)__. New York, New York: Raintree Publishers, 2005. p.23)




 * =<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(172, 29, 185);">What are the FUTURE PREDICTIONS of the world due to water pollution from scholars? =
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 50);">Effect on Food Chain __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The food chain will be in danger, eventually leading to harming humans.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If the fish and marine animals are killed because of pollution, then the animals that eat them will die as well.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As the process repeats, it will eventually lead to influencing human beings. <span style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(28, 60, 202);"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(28, 60, 202);">( <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"Water Pollution - Effects." __The Environment A Global Challenge)__
 * __<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 50); font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Infectious Diseases __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Waterborne diseases may occur in developing countries where clean water is rare.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"Water borne diseases occur when parasites or other disease-causing microorganisms are transmitted via contaminated water, particularly water contaminated by pathogens originating from excreta."
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Some types of water borne diseases include typhoid, intestinal parasites, amoebiasis, giardiasis, ascariasis, and hookworm. <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(28, 60, 202);">("Water Pollution Effects." Clean Funny Cartoons / Environmental Issues ... on Grinning Planet), <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(28, 60, 202);"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(28, 60, 202);">( <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"Water Pollution - Effects." __The Environment A Global Challenge)__
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 50); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Water Shortage__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The amount of water that we can drink will be very limited if we do not do anything to clean up the wastes in the water.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Since water is necessary for organisms to live, very few will survive and everyone else will die of lack of water. <span style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(28, 60, 202);"><span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(28, 60, 202);">( <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"Water Pollution - Effects." __The Environment A Global Challenge)__ <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(28, 60, 202);">
 * ==<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(231, 70, 135);">What can WE do to prevent it? ==
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(231, 70, 135);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We can conserve and save water by turning off the tap of the sink when water is not being used.
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Think once more before you throw away things in the toilet or sink (try not to throw away chemicals, any harmful and toxic materials, or anything that might pollute water).
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Try not to overuse water while showering, brushing teeth, taking a bath, washing clothes, etc.
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Use environmentally friendly products so it is easy to break down wastes flown into rivers.
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Most importantly, don't throw litter into streams, rivers, and basically anywhere! Garbage is one of the most crucial causes of water pollution. Even if you litter trash on land, it will eventually end up in the sea, carried by rain or floods. <span style="color: rgb(28, 60, 202);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">( <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">"What can you do to prevent water pollution?." __Guide to water pollution__.)



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