Indonesia scrubbing the ‘world’s dirtiest river’
The scabies on Indonesian rice farmer Yusuf Supriyadi’s limbs are a daily reminder of the costs of living next to the “world’s dirtiest river”. Supriyadi depends on the Citarum’s murky waters — a floating carpet of household rubbish, toxic chemicals and animal feces — to irrigate a small rice plot in West Java that sustains his…
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Sure is empty down here...