Environmental Issues in Asia

Issue
Pollution
of
Ganges
River

Pollution
of
Yangtze
River

Causes
-Two million tons of
chemical, human, and
agricultural waste pours
into the river
-Million of gallons of
sewage are poured in
from cities.
-Ashes, human waste,
animal waste, and dead
bodies are placed in the
river.
-Billions of tons of
chemicals, and waste
from, agricultural,
industry, are poured into
the river
-Poisonous chemicals
from fertilizers and
arsenic are the leading
pollutants of the river

Flooding
in India

-Huge amounts of water

is used for farming and
June spreads heavy rains

Flooding
in China

-Monsoons cause floods

-Monsoons season is in
March
-loggers cut the trees
that contain flooding
-Farmers drained
wetlands that are used
for sponges during floods

Air
Pollution
in India

-Has very heavy air

pollution due to
enormous automobile
emissions and
development of industry
-Families cook over open
fire, which emit harmful
chemicals in the air
-Growth in industry, has
16 out of 20 of the
worlds most populated
cities, a lot of its energy
is from burning coal, and
they drive vehicles,

Air
Pollution
in China

Effects
-Is Highly polluted and has
dangerous bacteria
-80% of all illness and 1/3 of
people die due to dirty water
-Cholera, dysentery, typhoid,
and hepatitis are common
-Cities along the Ganges
have the highest rate of
water-born diseases

Solution?
-The 1985 Ganges Action
Plan to clean up water,
and the plan built many
sewage and water
treatment pants.

- Puts cities around the lake

at risk and many plant and
animal species are dying
-Nitrates from farms runoff
into the river, kill fish, create
algae in water, and cause
health problems for Chinese
people who eat the fish
-Hundreds of millions of
Chinese villagers do not safe
drinking water
-Water sweeps out land
-Airports close, power lines
fall, human and animals
drown, and water-born illness
spreads.
-Every monsoon usually
causes two or three floods
every year
-Homes and crops are buried,
along with lives dying when a
flood happens
-The Huang He river in China
has the record for the most
deaths due to flooding, in the
world
- The air pollution causes
high rates of respiratory
diseases and is the fifth
leading source of death in
India
-Scientists say that the smog
is so bad it can cause change
in weather patterns
-Causes death, heart and
respiratory conditions, and
causes acid rain

- Chinese governments
are building sanitary land
fills and water treatment
facilities

- Farmers use less water

and the country make big
moats and walls around it
-Re-plant trees and fill the
wetlands so they can be
used for sponges
-Use the tree to direct the
water to a moat that flows
to the wetlands

-Wants to make a solution

to the air pollution, but it
would affect Indias
economy and since
theyre poor, they need
the economy to not slow
down
-Environmental Protection
Bureau has the Beijing
Municipal, which caused a
45% of air pollution cut,
automobile traffic was
greatly reduced, and

which has an exhaust

which adds air pollution

many factories were

temporarily closed