DEPLORABLE PICTURES OF THE POLLUTION IN CHINA
Added on: 9th Dec 2015
A BOY SWIMS IN DENSE ALGAL BLOOMS IN QINGDAO,
WHICH ARE CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE AGRICULTURAL
RUN-OFF AND LEAD TO 'DEAD ZONES' INHOSPITABLE
FOR BOTH FLORA AND FAUNA.
ELECTRONIC WASTE HAS BEEN ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT
PROBLEM AS CHINA HAS SERVED AS A GLOBAL DUMPING
GROUND FOR USED ELECTRONICS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
A WORKER TRIES TO REMOVE POISONED FISH IN
LAKE WUHAN IN THE HUBEI PROVINCE, CENTRAL CHINA.
SOMETIMES, THE EXTENT OF THE DISASTER IS JUST
OVERWHELMING. THESE FISH ARE THOUGHT TO BE
POISONED BY AMMONIA DUMPED INTO THE WATER.
ONLY 1% OF CHINA'S 560 MILLION CITY DWELLERS
BREATHE AIR CONSIDERED SAFE BY THE EUROPEAN
UNION STANDARDS.
BOY VAINLY TRIES TO AVOID GARBAGE FLOATING IN A
FLOODED STREET IN KUANG-TUNG.
BOYS FISH IN A HEAVILY POLLUTED RIVER
COVERED WITH ALGAE IN HEFEI.
PEOPLE CLEAN OIL SPILLS IN LIAONING PROVINCE.
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