C l a s s i c a l

Why is the Yellow River so Polluted?

~ When China cities established on the river they eventually built factories and they didn't know where else to put their waste and didn't think it would harm them.

~ A lot of factories dump their waste in it over time and it started to effect them.

~ Also a lot of dirt and rocks falls into it to give it a nasty color.

~Li Xiaoqiang, a spokesman for the Yellow River Conservation Committee, said 4.3 billion tons of polluting effluent (sewage) were tipped into the river last year(2007), mostly by factories.