Monday 7 June 2010

Chinas cancer villages reveal dark side of economic boom

Cancer rates have surged since the 90s to become China's biggest killer.

In 2007, it was responsible for one in five deaths, up 80% since the start of economic reforms 30 years earlier. While the govt insists it is cleaning up pollution far faster than other nations at a similar stage of development, many toxic industries have simply been relocated

Source:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/07/china-cancer-villages-industrial-pollution

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