World Water Crisis

World Water Crisis  book Blue Planet Run safe drinking water to the one billion people who lack it
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Fishing Holes
Ice fishermen work their lines on Russia's Ural River, in the shadow of Lenin Steelworks. Worried that the fish are too contaminated to eat, many of these winter anglers send their catch to distant markets for sale.

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