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Article: Israel Government Study: Dead Sea Dying
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PETER ENAV, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
11-04-2003
Dateline: JERUSALEM
Dried salt is encrusted on a timber frame floating in the Dead Sea as the popular Mineral Beach is deserted of tourists in this May 13, 2002 photo. The Dead Sea, one of the world's premier natural resources, is in danger of dying, and a radical engineering effort is necessary to save it, Israel Minister of the Environment said Monday. (AP Photo/Udo Weitz)
The Dead Sea is dying, and only a major engineering effort can save it, Israel's Minister of the Environment said Monday.
The Dead Sea gets its name from its heavy salt content, because no aquatic creatures can live in it. Now there's a new "death threat" _ the ...