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Environmentalists: Jordan River full of sewage
May 08, 2009
In an open letter to Pope Benedict, Israel's Zalul Environmental Association said that “the world's most holy river is under threat” and that “water from the once-proud Jordan River is being diverted for domestic and agricultural use, leaving the lower part of the river a shrivelled stream with little to no fresh water and filled with sewage.”
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