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    Chemicals Being Dumped in Rivers: About It

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    Chemicals from industrial sites and factories are sometimes washed into rivers during rain, polluting the water and killing aquatic life. This can destroy entire food chains. A specific example discussed is around the Indian town of Manpur, where chemical waste from an industrial zone is dumped in fields and washes into a river during rain, poisoning the water, land, and killing a farmer's cow. Long term, dumping chemicals down drains can lead to increased cancer and disease, mutations in animals, and destruction of waterways and green spaces.

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    Chemicals from industrial sites and factories are sometimes washed into rivers during rain, polluting the water and killing aquatic life. This can destroy entire food chains. A specific example discussed is around the Indian town of Manpur, where chemical waste from an industrial zone is dumped in fields and washes into a river during rain, poisoning the water, land, and killing a farmer's cow. Long term, dumping chemicals down drains can lead to increased cancer and disease, mutations in animals, and destruction of waterways and green spaces.

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    Chemicals from industrial sites and factories are sometimes washed into rivers during rain, polluting the water and killing aquatic life. This can destroy entire food chains. A specific example discussed is around the Indian town of Manpur, where chemical waste from an industrial zone is dumped in fields and washes into a river during rain, poisoning the water, land, and killing a farmer's cow. Long term, dumping chemicals down drains can lead to increased cancer and disease, mutations in animals, and destruction of waterways and green spaces.

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    Chemicals Being Dumped in Rivers: About It

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    Chemicals from industrial sites and factories are sometimes washed into rivers during rain, polluting the water and killing aquatic life. This can destroy entire food chains. A specific example discussed is around the Indian town of Manpur, where chemical waste from an industrial zone is dumped in fields and washes into a river during rain, poisoning the water, land, and killing a farmer's cow. Long term, dumping chemicals down drains can lead to increased cancer and disease, mutations in animals, and destruction of waterways and green spaces.

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    Chemicals

    being dumped
    in rivers
    about it
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    z  Chemical waste products from industrial processes are sometimes
    accidentally discharged into rivers. Examples of such pollutants
    include cyanide, zinc, lead, copper, cadmium and mercury. These
    substances may enter the water in such high concentrations that fish and
    other animals are killed immediately.
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    Effects

     As it rains, those chemicals are washed into rivers, which feeds the
    waterfalls and then goes into the ocean. When a toxic waste harms one
    organism, it can end up destroying an entire food chain of aquatic
    life. Improperly disposed chemicals pollute marine life and kills sea
    mammals, corals, and fish.
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    Causes

     Industrial sites, construction sites and factories produce toxic


    chemicals or use them in manufacturing. The chemicals are then
    exposed to rainwater which causes them to be washed into the soil or
    directly into rivers, streams or lakes.
     Madhya Pradesh’s Manpur town near Pithampur, a Special Economic Zone with
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    almost 50 industrial units, is facing water contamination. The locals assert that
    the chemical debris from Pithampur is tossed out in open fields which is
    poisoning the Ajnar river close to the village and infecting groundwater and
    wells.“Black chemical was floating on the surface of the water,” Brijesh Singh, a
    farmer near the Ajnar river in Manpur, told Mongabay-India while talking about
    the toxic froth. “My cow died after drinking the water,” he alleged.According to
    Singh, chemical waste is still dumped in open fields. “Each time it rains, the
    chemical waste runs into my field. I lost a crop last year because of chemical
    water. My land has now become infertile and I have lost my livelihood.” His
    wheat crop was destroyed due to which he suffered a loss of Rs. 25,000.“The
    source of water in my house and the other houses in this area has been
    polluted. Each day, members of my family walk for one or two kilometres for
    drinking water. If we do not bring pure water from a distance, we drink polluted
    groundwater. I am afraid of what will happen in the coming years,” he said.The
    town of Manpur is located about 50 kilometres to the southwest of Indore, which
    is Madhya Pradesh’s commercial capital.
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    Precautions

     Pick up litter and throw it away in a garbage can.Blow or sweep fertilizer


    back onto the grass if it gets onto paved areas. Don't put fertilizer on the
    grass right before it rains. The chemicals will wash into storm drains and
    waterways.Mulch or compost grass or yard waste. Or, leave it in your
    yard if you can't compost. Don't blow leaves into the street. This clogs
    and damages storm drains.Wash your car or outdoor equipment where
    it can flow to a gravel or grassy area instead of a street.Don't pour your
    motor oil down the storm drain. Take it to the nearest auto parts store.
    It's free!Never clean up a spill by hosing it into a storm drain. Place kitty
    litter, sand, or another absorbent on the spill. Once the liquid becomes
    solid - sweep it up and throw it in a garbage can.
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    Impact  Short-TermThe most critical short-term danger of pouring chemicals
    pollution. When poured down the drain, the impact chemicals have o
    and other water sources cause them to be unsafe for consumption b
    health can deteriorate, leading to major health issues in areas where
    consider the effects of the 2014 water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Agricu
    animals and plants becoming sick and dying when given contaminat
    impact of dumping hazardous waste down the drain is irrevocable an
    term effects are even more alarming.Long-TermLong-term effects of
    down the drain are disturbing and extremely eye-opening. Some effe
    caused by hazardous waste can include:Cancer and disease in hum
    poisoningMutation in animalsDestruction of green space, waterways
    resourcesPopulation decrease of insects, such as beesDepletion of
    of long-term effects that improper disposal of hazardous waste has o
    wellbeing, many of which we don’t consider on a day-by-day basis. T
    repercussions less important (or less real), so make sure you do you
    the environment to handle waste disposal correctly.
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