China Air Pollution Kills Thousands
community, environmental monitoring, public health May 25th, 2008The quality of air in China is leading to a large number of deaths. According to an OpEd in the New York Times, “roughly as many Chinese die every two months from the air as were killed in the earthquake.”
The story tells of the appalling cost of environmental pollution, including the many “cancer villages” that see increased risk of cancer and birth defects due to factory dumping in local waterways.
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