NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Pollution in the Yangtze River is making the fish unfit to eat. False; it is estimated that only 1% of people who live in China’s cities breathe safe air. China’s cities do not experience much air pollution. Monsoons in India and China are both a blessing and a curse.

Detailed explanation-2: -Factories along the river dump their waste into the river. The pollution is killing marine life and other wildlife in the river or drinking the water.

Detailed explanation-3: -Is the Yangtze River polluted? The answer is yes. Industrial wastewater discharge, agricultural chemical fertilizer, sediment accumulation, ship garbage and acid rain were the main Yangtze River pollution causes.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Yangtze River has been a source of life and prosperity for the Chinese people for centuries and is a habitat for a remarkable variety of aquatic species. But the river suffers from huge amounts of urban sewage, agricultural effluents, and industrial wastewater as well as ship navigation wastes along its course.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Yangtze is China’s largest and the world’s third-longest river. It supports over 400 million people and is, unfortunately, perhaps the world’s most polluted river accounting for 55 percent of the material that ends up in the adjacent seas and ocean.