Pollution hotspots in China

Pollution hotspots in China
Oct 4, 2005 14:21
BCHHETRI Points: Join Date: Oct 4, 2005 Status: offline	I'm researching pollution hotspots in China with an emphasis on legacy sites. I've come across many articles about the government having cracked down on polluting industries but couldn't find a list of industries that have been shut down anywhere. I'm especially interested in industrial sites with heavy metals pollution eg. lead, arsenic etc where a lot of people have been adversely impacted healthwise with high incidence of cancer, etc.

Oct 4, 2005 14:21

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I'm researching pollution hotspots in China with an emphasis on legacy sites. I've come across many articles about the government having cracked down on polluting industries but couldn't find a list of industries that have been shut down anywhere. I'm especially interested in industrial sites with heavy metals pollution eg. lead, arsenic etc where a lot of people have been adversely impacted healthwise with high incidence of cancer, etc.

Oct 5, 2005 21:10	#1
GAZ07 Points: Join Date: Apr 27, 2005 Status: Offline	Sorry, i can't help you but to point out the fact that China has 16 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world according to the world bank (fact published in the lonely planet china '05). I would be extremely interested in reading any report you write about this subject as i'm studying geography right now. All the best, Gaz

Oct 6, 2005 00:46	#2
RITA Points: Join Date: May 10, 2005 Status: Offline	Jinchang is a less known city, was founded because of the nickel mine - ranks the third in the world - I think it must be the most polluted city in the world, I went there in wintertime and the chlorine smell made the air hard to breath, literally. And I saw the green air, it's horrible:(

Oct 6, 2005 03:28	#3
ELCABRON Points: Join Date: Feb 9, 2005 Status: Offline	My personal favourite is DaTong, center for coal mining! But Black is beautiful;-)

Oct 6, 2005 10:51	#4
CALIFORNIA Points: Join Date: Jul 22, 2005 Status: Offline	I think Shanxi Province!!!The reason for the coal!!! PS:2005 the most polluted city of China(Top Ten) Linfeng(shangxi),Yangquan(shanxi),Datong(shanxi),Jinchang(Gansu),Yibin(Sichuan),Zhuzhou(Hunan),Chongqing,Jiaozuo(Henan),Changzhi(Shanxi),Panzhihua(Sichuan)!!! In the list,about 4 cities belongs to Shanxi province!!!

Oct 7, 2005 01:58	#5
RITA Points: Join Date: May 10, 2005 Status: Offline	I heard the Buddhas' sculptures in Yungang Caves have darker skin;-)

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