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Published online 7 August 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020805-3
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Foaming Rhine riddle solved
Scum on Swiss river caused by plants not pollution.
Pollution is not to blame for the ominous foam that clogs the River Rhine in Switzerland, scientists have found. The froth is caused instead by chemicals released by a plant that thrives in the river1.
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