It was the summer of 1969 and the Cuyahoga River was on fire. This wasn’t the first time the river in northern Ohio had burned, it wasn’t even the tenth. Every few years, an errant spark would ignite the river, threatening nearby buildings or passing ships. The fire of 1969 was not especially notable for the damage it caused or the duration of its blaze. But it did ignite the tinderbox of environmental unrest that had already been smoldering across...
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2019/01/01
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140973
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2
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2019/08/22
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Appendixes
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water quality
Citation
Quality Unknown : The Invisible Water Crisis (Vol. 2 of 2) : Appendixes (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/198271566469286901