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.