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In a very basic sense , pollution is caused by all living things , whether animals in their habitat or leaves falling in a pond . But at normal levels of activity , nature itself recycles waste , copes with pollution .
In a very basic sense , pollution is caused by all living things , whether animals in their habitat or leaves falling in a pond . But at normal levels of activity , nature itself recycles waste , copes with pollution .
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success in controlling pollution from such point sources as factories combined with continuing pollution from a variety of other sources , including accidents , seems typical of many rivers in industrial countries .
success in controlling pollution from such point sources as factories combined with continuing pollution from a variety of other sources , including accidents , seems typical of many rivers in industrial countries .
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As if all this were not enough , saltwater pollution has now emerged as a serious problem . Until recently , it was relatively localized in river estuaries and harbors ; now it is spreading around the world's coasts ...
As if all this were not enough , saltwater pollution has now emerged as a serious problem . Until recently , it was relatively localized in river estuaries and harbors ; now it is spreading around the world's coasts ...
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| Title | Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for Survival |
| Author | S. S. Ramphal |
| Publisher | Lime Tree, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2009 |
| ISBN | 0413455815, 9780413455819 |
| Length | 291 pages |
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