Such ash is less likely to poison water if the body of water is large, as then it can dilute any heavy metals in the ash.

如果水体广阔的话，这样的火山灰是不大可能污染水流的，因为它可以稀释火山灰里的重金属。

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The poison inside them moves through rain water to the bottom of the landfill.

它们里面的毒物通过雨水流到垃圾填埋场的底部。

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But conflicts of interest over water can certainly poison inter-state relations, even when an imbalance of power is so great that the aggrieved party could never consider using force.

不过，因为水资源而导致的利益冲突的确会恶化国家间的关系，甚至在两国间因为实力严重不均从而利益受损方未敢诉诸武力的局面下，情形依然是如此。

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"If they poison the water here, that's not just for a week, that's for eternity as far as we know, " Bush says.

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It will poison the water here in Washington.

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"There is poison in Jaduguda's air and water, " says Shamu Majhi, a miner.

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