Question

How might the excess water pollution in the Yangtze and other major rivers in Southern and Eastern Asia affect the economies in these countries?

Group of answer choices

Polluted water that is used can cause major health issues and create huge medical costs which is money that could have been spent on something else.

Agriculture has all but stopped due to farmers not wanting to use polluted water.

none of these statements are true

Polluted water is actually a good resource for dumping industrial waste which helps industries.

Answer 1

Polluted water that is used can cause major health issues and create huge medical costs which is money that could have been spent on something else.

Step-by-step explanation:

The pollution puts all of the cities along its banks at risk. led to many health problems. Hundreds of millions of Chinese villagers do not have safe drinking water because of the pollution. The Chinese government is building more water treatment facilities along the Yangtze's banks.