China Daily reports that more than 5, 000 tons of highly toxic industrial waste were dumped illegally in rural areas in Yunnan province, causing livestock deaths and soil and water pollution.

据《中国日报》报道，5000多吨剧毒化工废料在云南省的农村地区被非法倾倒，造成家畜死亡、土壤水源污染。

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Pollution from sewage or farm waste can cause excess algae growth, starving the water of oxygen and causing fish and other species to die off.

从下水道或者农场里出来的污染水引起藻类的过度生长，造成水里的氧气严重缺失，以至于鱼类和别的物种相继死去。

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The important reason of causing our country source of water supplying insufficient and national water environment pollution in some area is low water efficiency and large sewage emission.

造成我国部分地区水源供给不足和全国水环境普遍污染的重要原因是用水效率低和污水排放量大。

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"We have to act quickly to remove them all for fear of causing water pollution, " Xu Rong, an environmental official, told state-run Global Times newspaper.

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