BEIJING, China, October 17, 2006 (ENS) - The fasting growing economies and populations of East Asia are putting the region's marine ecosystem under increasing stress, the United Nations warned Monday. A new study finds 90 percent of Asia's sewage is discharged into the marine environment waters without treatment, threatening fisheries, mangrove forests, coral reefs and coastal wetlands. >>more (http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2006/2006-10-17-02.asp)

This is just appaling. I can't believe that they are willing to destroy their own environment like this.