Article: http://environment.about.com/od/waterpollution/a/canadasewage.htm
The article posted above explains how Canada is dumping about 200 billion liters of raw sewage into natural waterways every single year. The sewage being dumped is apparently a mixture of water, human waste, microorganisms, toxic chemicals, heavy metals, and viruses such as hepatitis B, cholera and typhoid. Canada needs to get better infrastructure to have better waste water treatment. Coastal cities have been dumping sewage into open water, where it is out of sight and out of mind for many people, but this needs to stop. People rely on their environment, well if we are the ones who destroy it we wont have an environment to rely on! Canadians need to take action and take better care of our world and water bodies.
Madeline, what are your thoughts as to ways we can reduce and prevent this pollution from happening?
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