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Understanding the consequences of river pollution

Nearly everyone in the U.S. lives within one mile of a river, but half of the rivers across the country have unsafe levels of pollution that threaten the water we drink. CBS News national environmental correspondent David Schechter and a team of journalists spent five days traveling the length of the Delaware River to learn more about the threats almost all of these waterways face.
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