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With UN Assistance, Syria Tackles Its Pollution Problems
Leather processing for consumer goods is a popular industry in Syria, which has 280 tanneries. But the various stages of processing the skins or hides through chemical methods produce toxic waste that results in serious pollution to the environment. Heavy industry creates raw sewage, another source of pollution in Syria. The Syrian government is working with the United Nations Development Programme
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Leather processing for consumer goods is a popular industry in Syria, which has 280 tanneries. But the various stages of processing the skins or hides through chemical methods produce toxic waste that results in serious pollution to the environment. Heavy industry creates raw sewage, another source of pollution in Syria. The Syrian government is working with the United Nations Development Programme