China river 'irreversibly damaged'

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China's iconic
Yangtze river is in serious trouble, with some parts irreversibly
damaged by pollution and more than 600km of it in a critical condition,
a Chinese report has said.
 
Nearly 30 per cent
of the river's main tributaries are also badly polluted causing a huge
impact on aquatic life in China's longest waterway, the study found.  "The impact of
human activities on the Yangtze water ecology is largely irreversible,"
Yang Guishan, one of the chief editors of the report, was quoted by the
state-run Xinhua news agency as saying. The report says
billions of tons of waste are dumped into the river every year with
excessive levels of ammonia, nitrogen and phosphorous taking a huge
toll.