Massive pollution in Yangtze river can be reversed: scientists - AFP

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Source: Agence France-Presse

Massive pollution in Yangtze river can be reversed: scientists

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GENEVA (AFP) — Swiss and Chinese scientists have found
that pollution in China's 6,300 kilometre-long (3,915
mile-long) Yangtze river is "enormous" but still reversible,
Switzerland's development agency said Friday.

The results of a joint water quality survey of the world's
third largest river, which is also considered one of its
most polluted, were "less alarming than expected," the
Swiss Development and Cooperation agency (SDC) said
in a statement.

"The ecosystem of the Yangtze can be saved if China
intensifies its activities in water protection now," said
survey organiser August Pfluger.

The scientists urged Chinese authorities to take protective
measures similar to those taken in Europe in recent years,
especially with the prospect of further pressure on the river
from China's booming economy.

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