Polluted waste water causes 2,000 rivers to dieVietNamNet Bridge - More than 2,000 large rivers with 10 kilometers or longer in Vietnam are being threatened by untreated waste water from households, industrial production and craft villages. All of the 50 households farming fish in Nam Tan commune suffered from mass fish deaths with the loss estimated at VND1 billion for each household. And it is not the only locality where polluted rivers kill fish and harm people’s lives. This was attributed to domestic, industrial, agricultural and medical waste water, estimated at 800,000 cubic meters per day. RELATED NEWSQuang Ngai mass fish deaths under investigationDynamite fishing blamed for Quang Tri mass fish deathMai Chi

Source: VietNamNet News May 22, 2018 01:18 UTC