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Sewage turns the Blue Danube brown
A swan makes a nest out of plastic trash near a sewage drain into the Danube close to downtown Belgrade Source: Getty / ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images
It’s one of Europe’s greatest rivers. And it glories in the romantic nickname, the Blue Danube. But as it flows into Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, more than a hundred outlets in the city pump raw sewage directly into the river.
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