Lake Baikal pollution

The World

Scientists and activists are alarmed by a proposal that would raise the limit on pollution from hotels and other tourist facilities by up to 20-30 times for Lake Baikal — the world's largest, deepest and oldest body of freshwater. Host Marco Werman gets the lowdown from The World's Peter Thomson who literally wrote the book on Lake Baikal.

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