2 Jun 2008 - 08:57 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CAIRO, Egypt
he water in the Damietta subsidiary of the Nile is currently registering higher levels of pollution, making it difficult for potable water treatment plants in the governorates of Daqahliya and Damietta to produce water according to established Egyptian quality standards.
Academic research centers were blamed for high rates of kidney and liver disease in those two governorates.