6Pollution in China
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China, especially its capital Beijing is considered to be one of the most polluted cities and countries of the world. The industrialization boom caused millions of factories to grow like shrooms and pollute the air of Beijing. Now breathing the air in Beijing is like inhaling the smoke from 10 cigarettes at once.
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7A cat sitting on trash on a beach
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This is a cat sitting on a pile of trash in the Wetsahara beach of Morocco. This shows the apathy we have towards our environment generally. We think that it is the responsibility of the governments to clean up after us, but this is something that should be taught to kids from kindergarten onwards, how to keep your house and surroundings clean. Only then they will become responsible citizens.
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8Computer trash dump
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Third world countries are fast becoming a dump site for millions and trillions of tons of computer wastes from much privileged countries. This waste is extremely toxic, thanks to the materials used in them and handling them is a specialty affair which not all can do and is expensive. But dumping waste in third world is less costly, only cost, the damage to the environment and the ecosystem of that nation.
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