Photograph by Gerd Ludwig , National Geographic
In 2007, high levels of bromate a carcinogen formed when bromide and chlorine react with sunlight were found in Los Angeles s Ivanhoe Reservoir. Today three million black plastic balls help deflect UV rays.
(From the upcoming National Geographic book Visions of Earth)
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