10 of TreeHugger's Most Powerful--and Potentially Depressing--Slideshows
World's Dirtiest Rivers and Lakes From the garbage-covered Citarum River in Indonesia (shown here) to the less-polluted--but still toxic--waters of the U.S. Great Lakes, this piece highlights 15 world waterways that have been contaminated by industrial waste, chemical runoff, and trash; when you consider that many of these rivers and lakes supply drinking water to nearby residents, the problem seems suddenly much bigger.
Photo via Sea-way.org
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