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India's Sacred River Turns Toxic

The Ganges now greets pilgrims with the smell of 'toxic muck'

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 15, 2007 12:30 PM CST

(Newser) The Smithsonian travels 800 miles down the Ganges River in India to investigate the ecological degradation of one of the holiest sites in Hinduism. A symbol of purity for millions of pilgrims, the environmental reality is "pure toxic muck" laden with arsenic, mercury, and...   Read full story »

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