Comments on: Has the earth`s water pollution increased since the past few years? http://okavangochallenge.com/pollution-water/has-the-earths-water-pollution-increased-since-the-past-few-years Tue, 22 May 2012 16:47:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: mindshift http://okavangochallenge.com/pollution-water/has-the-earths-water-pollution-increased-since-the-past-few-years/comment-page-1#comment-2733 mindshift Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:14:59 +0000 http://okavangochallenge.com/pollution-water/has-the-earths-water-pollution-increased-since-the-past-few-years#comment-2733 For many years the U.S. was making great headway in cleaning rivers, but the Bush administration placed pro-business people in charge of the E.P.A. and other federal agencies charged with guarding water quality. These appointees undercut monitoring of water quality. They ignored issues like power plant emissions that cause mercury pollution of waterways. Their intent is to lower costs for businesses. Below are some links. However, it is difficult to find an easy-to-read chart with the info you ask for.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.waterkeeper.org/mainfeature.aspx http://www.safefromtoxics.org/tx.asp?id2=23505 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05E2DF1031F934A15756C0A9659C8B63 For many years the U.S. was making great headway in cleaning rivers, but the Bush administration placed pro-business people in charge of the E.P.A. and other federal agencies charged with guarding water quality. These appointees undercut monitoring of water quality. They ignored issues like power plant emissions that cause mercury pollution of waterways. Their intent is to lower costs for businesses.

Below are some links. However, it is difficult to find an easy-to-read chart with the info you ask for.
References :
http://www.waterkeeper.org/mainfeature.aspx
http://www.safefromtoxics.org/tx.asp?id2=23505
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05E2DF1031F934A15756C0A9659C8B63

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