MANILA, Philippines—As hundreds of Chinese ships continue to violate Philippine maritime boundaries, they also bring incalculable ecological damage to these areas through what could be the biggest insult to Filipinos—their poop.
“The hundreds of ships that are anchored there are dumping raw sewage, every day onto the reefs they are occupying,” said Liz Derr, co-founder and CEO of US geospatial firm Simularity, at a forum hosted by Stratbase ADR Institute on the fifth anniversary of the UN-backed court arbitral ruling in the West Philippine Sea.
Sewage effluent sources in the Spratly Islands include ship wastewater and human habitation which lack sufficient sewage treatment….
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