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Water pollution is an 'invisible threat' to global goals, economists warn

A man bathes in the polluted waters of the Yamuna river in New Delhi, India, October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis - RC1E03717EB0

Water pollution threatens nearly all the globally agreed development goals to end environmental destruction, poverty and suffering by 2030 Image: REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Kim Harrisberg
Water Rights Correspondent, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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