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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Toy Boy" data-source="post: 15814358" data-attributes="member: 485841">5. Pasig River, Philippines<img src="http://img.techpowerup.org/131030/Capture054.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://img.techpowerup.org/131030/Capture055.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://img.techpowerup.org/131030/Capture058.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://img.techpowerup.org/131030/Capture060.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://img.techpowerup.org/131030/Capture061.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The Pasig River cuts directly through the heart of Manila for more than 15 miles, splitting the Philippine capital in two. Before World War II ornate residences along the riverside harbored Manila's elite, but at the war's conclusion,  the wealthy split for the suburbs, leaving the waterway to the neglect of industry and population boom. Thousands flooded Manila seeking gainful employment. Slums and shanty towns sprouted along the Pasig's banks, resulting in an influx of untreated sewage and household waste into the river. Factories and other industrial hubs were erected to meet labor demands, but went largely unregulated, releasing toxic chemicals into the river. First came the smell, then ferry service declined, people stopped washing their laundry in the river's waters, and eventually the Pasig was declared biologically dead--the river became so polluted that it could no longer sustain life of any kind. The abuse continued for nearly 50 years until environmental activists and government officials finally started to take notice. In 1999, the government went a step further and created the Pasig River Rehabilitative Commission, aiming for a river clean enough to sustain life by 2014. Despite cleaning efforts over the past 20 years, the Pasig River remains biologically dead.</blockquote>

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