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Something similar happened close by my old neighborhood. The river was highly contaminated by close by industry. In the 80s a new initiative started to improve
by josep-panadero 4y ago
Something similar happened close by my old neighborhood. The river was highly contaminated by close by industry. In the 80s a new initiative started to improve the quality of the river.
Nowadays, there is promenade along the river and it is easy to see many birds around. People goes there to do jogging or cycle. The river is creating as much economic value as natural one.
But it is nor inviting nor healthy to swim in the river, there is much more work to be done.
- eliseumds 4y agoHow much of that is actually due to the Clean Water Act (nation-wide)? Moving industries away to SEA/China/India probably had a bigger impact, now it's their problem.
- acomjean 4y agoA river actually catching on fire because of all the pollution was one of the starts of the environmental movement in the 60s. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuyahoga-river-caught-fire-least-dozen-times-no-one-cared-until-1969-180972444/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuyahoga-river-caught... We’ve come a long way but still more todo.