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Neuse River on Another Undesirable List

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RALEIGH — The Neuse River has shown up on a listcompiled by a conservation group. The group says the Neuse is one of thenation's most polluted rivers.

The group known as American Rivers cites the Neuse's fish kills andsewage run-off as the problem. The group also cites pollution from 200million gallons of raw human waste and sewage.

The river made the groups most-threatened rivers list last year and in1995.

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