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Lima's sewage pollutes the ocean - 14 May 09

2012-05-14 12 Dailymotion

Lima, with a population of 9 million people, is home to one-third of Peru's population. But the coastal city does not have a single sewage treatment facility. With no safe place for raw sewage to go, most of it ends up in the ocean.<br /><br />Almost as big as the pollution itself, is the apathy that seems to exist towards the problem. Until last year, Peru has never had an environment ministry.<br /><br /> Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo reports on the realities that make going to the beach in Lima a dangerous proposition.

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