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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/5205/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US Expert: Images Show Chinese Ship Waste Endangering Reefs' data-article-id='5751'><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='15542'>Chinese ships have dropped human waste and wastewater for years in a disputed area of the South China Sea, a U.S.-based expert said Monday. </span> <span data-start-time='15542' data-end-time='20438'>The dropping of waste has caused algae to grow. </span> <span data-start-time='20438' data-end-time='29042'>The underwater plants have damaged coral reefs and threatened the fish population in the area.</span> <span data-start-time='29042' data-end-time='43229'>Satellite images over the last five years show how human waste, and other wastewaters have built up and caused algae in a group of reefs in the Spratlys area. </span> <span data-start-time='43229' data-end-time='50771'>In this place, Chinese fishing ships have anchored in large groups, said Liz Derr. </span> <span data-start-time='50771' data-end-time='63292'>She heads Simularity Inc., a software company that creates artificial intelligence technologies that help experts examine satellite images.</span> <span data-start-time='63292' data-end-time='76604'>Derr said that in a single day last month, at least 236 ships were spotted in the atoll, internationally known as Union Banks. </span> <span data-start-time='76604' data-end-time='86479'>She gave that information at a Philippine online news discussion about China’s actions in the South China Sea.</span> <span data-start-time='86479' data-end-time='92167'>“When the ships don’t move, the poop piles up,” Derr said.</span> <span data-start-time='92167' data-end-time='99979'>The Chinese ships then dump the human waste “onto the reefs they are occupying,” she explained.</span> <span data-start-time='99979' data-end-time='106063'>Derr warned that schools of fish reproduce in the reefs that are being damaged. </span> <span data-start-time='106063' data-end-time='111250'>This could cause the fish population in the area to drop sharply.</span> <span data-start-time='111250' data-end-time='118583'>Chinese officials did not immediately react to Derr’s description of the environmental damage.</span> <span data-start-time='118583' data-end-time='127979'>They have said in the past that they have taken steps to protect fish and the environment in the South China Sea.</span> <span data-start-time='127979' data-end-time='136688'>In addition to Chinese forces, Vietnamese forces have also occupied some areas in Union Banks.</span> <span data-start-time='136688' data-end-time='141875'>The Philippines also has claimed Union Banks as its territory. </span> <span data-start-time='141875' data-end-time='146458'>The Philippines, however, does not have ships in the atoll.</span> <span data-start-time='146458' data-end-time='152833'>Eduardo Menez is the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary. </span> <span data-start-time='152833' data-end-time='163979'>He said the findings would have to be investigated by Philippine officials before his government would decide whether to make an official protest.</span> <span data-start-time='163979' data-end-time='170542'>China is growing more aggressive about pressing its territorial claims of the sea. </span> <span data-start-time='170542' data-end-time='178167'>The claims are creating conflict with Japan, India, Vietnam and the Philippines.</span> <span data-start-time='178167' data-end-time='187563'>In March, Philippine officials found more than 200 Chinese fishing ships at Whinsun Reef in Unions Banks. </span> <span data-start-time='187563' data-end-time='190792'>They demanded that the ships leave the area. </span> <span data-start-time='190792' data-end-time='197438'>China ignored the demand for weeks, while continuing to say it owned the reef. </span> <span data-start-time='197438' data-end-time='209188'>The Philippines argued that Whinsun Reef lies well within an internationally recognized area where it has full rights to fish and drill for resources. </span> <span data-start-time='209188' data-end-time='215938'>It added that a 2016 ruling denied China’s claims to the waterway.</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 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