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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