How Toxic Waste Affects Our Natural Environment
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Canada and all of the developed countries in the world produce some
kind of toxic waste(s). It doesn't matter whether it's a chocolate bar
wrapper or a canister of highly radioactive plutonium, they're potentially
dangerous to us and/or our natural environment unless properly disposed of.
To ....
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.... million tons of toxic waste.
Toxic wastes which are dumped in improper sites can seep into
underground water supplies and contaminate huge areas. If the land that is
intoxicated supports plant life, most of the plants and trees will die off.
If the area is lived on by humans, it could cause serious illness or death.
For example, an area by Niagara Falls (US side) was used during the 1930s
by a chemical company to dump it's wastes. Most of them were hazardous,
and the containers that h ....
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