It MUST start from the time when there was no water pollution problem.
2006-06-14 20:32:42 · 17 answers · asked by Kenneth Koh 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Companies DUMPING!
2006-06-14 20:36:11 · answer #1 · answered by redhead 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The United States in their zeal to be the best in the world in making money never bothered about health and safety within their own country.In Washington Dc , still there are traces of chemical weapons stored and now leaking in the waterways after WWI.In Buffalo, the water is polluted by mining operations and steel mills that many people suffer from Cancer.Many people unfortunately are ignorant of business practises.In California, recently they found an oil company drilling oil from under a school , leading possibly to the discovery of cancer in the neighbourhood.Many countries don't allow that but then again, the USA is a vast country and hard to monitor!
2006-06-14 20:42:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The USA does not have a water pollution problem, it is the European and Asian countries that have very serious water pollution problemsGet your effen facts straight or we'll cut foreign aid off from your third world country.
2006-06-25 11:14:13 · answer #3 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It started with the industial revolution. Factories were dumping thier waste into water streams. Laundry soap was not biodigradable so soap suds were floating in the streams. Then they developed insecticides and herbicides that were dangerous to the environment. This was before EPA. Now that we have EPA the pollution is less and they are overriding their authority. But in general look for clean, clear water. You have to go to foeign countries to find any.
2006-06-24 07:16:53 · answer #4 · answered by sally_little03 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem is actually getting much better. Many of the rivers and estuaries that were poluted in the 70's are clear now. This is due to heavy EPA restrictions and fines. The problem now is in China, where the government isn't so concerned about the environment.
2006-06-14 20:38:07 · answer #5 · answered by John M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As it wanted to progress, their nation's economical progress is depended on industries.Because of it the waste is dumped in the water bodies.So they are facing huge water pollution problem.
2006-06-28 00:30:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I seems to be a problem all over the world. I think there are too many humans and their waste isn't managed to advantage. Also industrial by-products have been going into the waterways. It could be turned around if government took the necessary steps to enforce better management.
2006-06-28 02:20:38 · answer #7 · answered by Daisie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a little clip on our water from the begining to now. Its like 1-2 mins long and really impactiong.
http://www.leonardodicaprio.org/whatsimportant/watermovie.htm
2006-06-14 20:38:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two words. Industrial Revolution.
2006-06-14 20:37:05 · answer #9 · answered by drew2376 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It began with the invention of pesticides. Run off from crop fields into the rivers, and such
2006-06-23 19:40:47 · answer #10 · answered by Paula L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sulfuric acid from coal and fuel burning companies such as power plants automobiles jet fuel and one of our biggest strip mining deep in the ground and dumping chemical waste products that leaked over a period of time
2006-06-27 08:22:11 · answer #11 · answered by panhandler 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋