sewage
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Phosphate pollution can come from human sewage and animal waste.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Its rotting parts lie in the grass near a city sewage treatment plant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
It's been the subject of many court cases, with campaigners claiming that pollution from agriculture and sewage have led to algal blooms, starving wildlife of oxygen.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Maxman added that a lack of sanitation and hygiene materials means families are exposed to disease from open sewage, and vital water and sanitation systems and services are still destroyed or in disrepair.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
There was the threat of fire and weather and disease: Already foreign editors were asking who would dare attend the exposition given Chicago’s notorious problems with sewage.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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