Environmental Issue 7- Contaminated Water
By Jooyeon Hwang
HCMC is the largest city with a population of 6.5 million, about 7.4% of the total population of Vietnam. Also, it is the most modernized city including many large enterprises involved in electronic products, in construction, building materials and agricultural products.
These industrial areas are the other main air pollution sources. I could see neither fish nor clean water in the ocean and river at all. People who live in the river house on the stilts in Sai Gon River use this water for washing, cooking, cleaning, and swimming. Contaminants are more likely to cause chronic health effects, for example, cancer, liver and kidney damage, disorders of the nervous system, damage to the immune system, and birth defects.
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Sai Gon river- Children were having fun River house in the Sai Gon River, with diving and swimming. |
River house in the Sai Gon River, HCMC family use this water for washing, cooking, cleaning, and swimming. |