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Story Publication logo January 17, 2012

In Pictures: Urban Population Boom Threatens Lake Titicaca

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Lake Titicaca supports hundreds of small Aymara indigenous farming and fishing towns in Peru and...

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South America's most famous lake is being polluted by increasing levels of waste from fast-growing cities in Bolivia and Peru. The pollution threatens the health and livelihoods of communities along the lake's shores.

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