supplies water for production life and irrigation and shipping
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How many people are without safe drinking water?
280 million
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What did the chinese government unveil on the 16th april 2015
Action Plan for Water pollution prevention and control
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Environmental impacts?
reduce oxygen levels for fish, eutrophication,
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Social impacts?
pollutant such as chlorine, bacteria, lead and toxic heavy metals are being absorbed when showering as they drink bottle water, lead poisoning, nitrates interfere with the ability to carry oxygen
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Solutions:
buy bottled water, filter water for domestic use, Farmers should use less fertilizer, in 1980 2 billion yuan invested for factories to establish waste treatment facilities
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How many people are without safe drinking water?
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280 million
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What did the chinese government unveil on the 16th april 2015
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