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80% of Sewage Plants and Large Factories Exceeding Water Pollution Discharge Limits

Four of five wastewater treatment plants and chemical and industrial facilities in the United States pollute waterways beyond what their federal permits allow, according to government data compiled (and just published) by the environmental group, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. (See http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/10/10182002/ap_48747.asp )

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