20 Unbelievable Photos Of Pollution In China
When you take a look at the pictures below, you can begin to understand how China is one of those places where 16,000 dead pigs can be found floating down the river.
Progress and a growing economy can have their own drawbacks. In China, the uncontrolled rate of growth has turned the country into an environmental nightmare, leading to shocking images like these.
For one, air pollution in parts of China can be 20 times worse than the recommended safe norm. It‘s a hard problem to avoid – China's growing economy and urbanization needs energy, and that energy comes from coal, one of the biggest sources of air pollution. Some are likening it to a nuclear winter.Algal blooms fueled by inorganic compounds choke China's lakes and waterways. In other places, chemicals turn the water blood red. And to top it all off, China‘s booming economy and industrialization means more urbanization and a bigger middle class – and those two things can produce stupendous amount of trash to clog the waterways as well.
More info: environmentalcrisis | theguardian.com | businessinsider.com.au (h/t: boredpanda)Journalist Takes Sample Of Red Polluted Water From The Jianhe River
Boy Swims In Algae-filled Water, Qingdao, Shandong
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Fishermen Row Boat In Algae-filled Chaohu Lake In Hefei, Anhui Province
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Labourer Tries To Clean Up Oil From Water, Dalian, Liaoning
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Boy Tries To Avoid Scattered Rubbish Floating On A Flooded Street In Shantou, Guangdong Province
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Child Swims In Polluted Reservoir, Pingba
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Worker Cleans Away Dead Fish At Lake In Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province
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Girl Walks Through Smog In Beijing, Where Small-Particle Pollution Is 40 Times Higher Than International Safety Standards
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Workers Clean Up Floating Garbage On Yangtze River
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Child Drinks Water From Stream In Fuyuan County, Yunnan Province
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Workers Try To Drain Sewage Water From Leaking Sewage Tank, Shanghang, Fujian
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Pollution From A Factory In Yutian, 100km East Of Beijing
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Heavily Polluted River In Jiaxing, Zhejiang
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Buildings In Beijing Surrounded By Smog
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A Woman Collects Plastic Bottles Near A River Polluted With Reddish Dye
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Woman Walks On A Bridge Over A Polluted River, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province
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Man Walks By A Pipe Discharging Waste Water Into The Yangtze River
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Fishermen Clean Up Oil At An Oil Spill Site Near Dalian Port, Liaoning Province
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Residents Look At A Heavily Polluted River, Zhugao, Sichuan province
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Dead Fish In Water Filled With Blueish Algae, East Lake, Wuhan
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