News stories by Adriane Lochner
Uzbekistan’s Dying Aral Sea Resurrected as Tourist Attraction
- Inter Press Service
BISHKEK, Apr 15 (IPS) - "I'm going for a swim," says Pelle Bendz, a 52-year-old Swede, as he rummages in the jeep for his bathing trunks. The other tourists look at him, bewildered. What's left of the Aral Sea is reputed to be a toxic stew, contaminated by pesticides and other chemicals.
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