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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1359/water_pollution.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='" Water Pollution Puts Over 300 Million at Risk"' data-article-id='1847'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13604'>More than 300 million people in Africa, Asia and Latin America are at risk of life-threatening diseases such as cholera and typhoid.</span> <span data-start-time='13604' data-end-time='19979'>The reason: Pollution of water in rivers and lakes.</span> <span data-start-time='19979' data-end-time='29229'>These are findings in a report from the United Nations Environment Program, also known as UNEP.</span> <span data-start-time='29229' data-end-time='45604'>Viruses, bacteria and other microscopic organisms increased pollution in more than half of rivers across the three areas between 1990 and 2010, the report said.</span> <span data-start-time='45604' data-end-time='55542'>UNEP officials said long-lasting toxic pollutants like fertilizer or petrol increased during that period.</span> <span data-start-time='55542' data-end-time='60938'>Levels of salt rose in nearly one-third of the waterways.</span> <span data-start-time='60938' data-end-time='72750'>The report listed population growth and expanding agriculture as two of the main reasons for the increase of surface water pollution.</span> <span data-start-time='72750' data-end-time='80438'>Another reason was an increased amount of untreated water containing waste products.</span> <span data-start-time='80438' data-end-time='88792'>In all, UNEP said, 323 million people were at risk of infection.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1359/water_pollution.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7117 data-hint-location='45604' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1359/what_does_petrol_mean.m4a'>What does petrol mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a liquid made from petroleum and used especially as a fuel for engines'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1359/a_type_of_engine.m4a'><span>a type of engine</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1359/a_liquid_made_from_petroleum_and_used_especially_as_a_fuel_for_engines.m4a'><span>a liquid made from petroleum and used especially as a fuel for engines</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1359/a_solid_that_sometimes_turns_into_a_liquid.m4a'><span>a solid that sometimes turns into a liquid</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1359/a_liquid_that_carries_diseases.m4a'><span>a liquid that carries diseases</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=7118 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1359/which_continent_was_not_effected_by_the_water_pollution.m4a'>Which continent was not effected by the water pollution</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='North America'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1359/south_america.m4a'><span>South America</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1359/asia.m4a'><span>Asia</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1359/africa.m4a'><span>Africa</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1359/north_america.m4a'><span>North America</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=7119 data-hint-location='45604' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1359/officials_said_longlasting_toxic_pollutants_like__blank__or_petrol_increased_during_that_period.m4a'>Officials said long-lasting toxic pollutants like <span class='blank'>fertilizer</span> or petrol increased during that period.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='fertilizer'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1359/fertilizer.m4a'><span>fertilizer</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1359/acid.m4a'><span>acid</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1359/bug_spray.m4a'><span>bug spray</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1359/trash.m4a'><span>trash</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button 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