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Dave
26-10-06, 08:19
The fasting growing economies and populations of East Asia are putting the region's marine ecosystem under increasing stress, the United Nations has warned. A new study finds 90 percent of Asia's sewage is discharged into the marine environment waters without treatment, threatening fisheries, mangrove forests, coral reefs and coastal wetlands.

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