Sentences with phrase «dumping human waste»

Are sewage systems also dumping human waste and other pollutants into waterways near you?

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The wasted earth and other materials are either put back onto the mountaintop in an approximation of their original contours, wreaking havoc on local ecosystems and biodiversity, or dumped into neighboring valleys, polluting lakes and streams and jeopardizing water quality for humans and wildlife.
The human waste, rife with iron, would be especially useful if dumped at sites loaded with cadmium, lead, and arsenic.
While small amounts of sewage can dissipate quickly, the routine dumping of large amounts of human waste has caused long - term harm to many shoreline ecosystems, and rendered many coastal waters unfit for recreational activities.
Industrial waste is regularly dumped into the river in Mumbai, whose waters have long been deemed unfit for human consumption, but the latest surge in blue dog sightings has prompted animal advocates to urge the government to take action against companies.
Where one person sees the majesty of human invention, another sees the excessive gaseous waste being dumped into our skies on a daily basis (some even see it as a nationalistic tribute to our great nation).
If there are no other options for houses without basements (aside from manually removing the waste and dumping it into a composter), and considering my distaste at the idea of using human waste compost in a garden, I would simply opt for the equally priced / size incinerator unit.
Finally, your support of Dominion Power's policy of dumping coal ash liquid into rivers and burying coal - ash solid waste in unlined soils is a profound threat to human health and the environment.
Problems no doubt caused by pollution from runoff of things like fertilizers, animal waste, human waste, sewage, and the dumping of chemicals that could also be causing fish decline.
In the cautionary tale, massive amounts of steroid - rich chicken waste has been dumped into the water, causing the leech - like isopods to have mutated and move on from a taste for fish tongues to a taste for... human flesh.
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