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What Is Reason for the Percentage of Change in Rates

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What is reason for the percentage of change in rates of death from heart disease from 1950 to today?


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Overpumping

The extraction of groundwater at a rate faster than it can be replenished, leading to a depletion of water resources.

Polluted Well

A well where water is contaminated with harmful chemicals, biological agents, or other pollutants, making it unsafe for consumption.

Groundwater Contaminates

Substances that pollute or degrade the quality of groundwater, including chemicals, waste products, or pathogens.

Landfills

Designated areas where waste is disposed of by burial, often compacted and covered with soil to prevent contamination of the environment.

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