America has more than three million miles of rivers and streams. That's an almost incomprehensible expanse of flowing water, and yet half of rivers in the U.S. contain unsafe levels of pollution, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Buriganga River in Bangladesh is one of the five most polluted rivers in the world, with heavy metal pollution from chromium, lead and cadmium.

Analiza Pathak | Nov 26, 2025, 12:48 PM IST This country is widely regarded as the world's second-largest plastic polluter, trailing only China. In many areas, residents are left with no functioning ...

Green Warriors Indonesia: The World’s Most Polluted River is a film by Martin Boudot (2018) that investigates the impacts of the pollution of the Citarum River in Indonesia. The film highlights the ...

Not exactly deep-sea or even marine but worth posting. Below is a picture of man picking through the rubbish in the Citarum, the most polluted river in the world, near Jakarta. More can be read here.