Pollution in China has reached worrying heights. Sixteen of the world’s 20 most-polluted cities are in China, and pollution from China is reaching the U.S. Barry Petersen reports. (CBSNews.com)
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Chinese Pollution Reaches U.S. (CBS News)
Chinese Pollution Reaches U.S. (CBS News)
Pollution in China has reached worrying heights. Sixteen of the world’s 20 most-polluted cities are in China, and pollution from China is reaching the U.S. Barry Petersen reports. (CBSNews.com)
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Study Air Pollution in Eastern China Causes Drought
We’ve seen heavy rainfall sweeping across eastern China recently with devastating consequences. But a decrease in light rainfall is proving to be just as damaging. Either way, agriculture is affected. Heavy rains tend to wash away crops and not having enough light rain causes droughts. Well, over the last five decades, rainfall patterns in eastern China have been changing in this direction—and air pollution is to blame, according to a study published on Saturday (August 15) in the Journal of Geophysical Research. A team of Chinese, American and European researchers used mathematical models and looked at 50 years’ worth of data. They were trying to see if there was a causal relationship between air pollution and rainfall. Their results show that overall rainfall has remained the same, but there’s been more heavy rain and less nourishing light rain. Atmospheric scientist Yun Qian at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, who led the study, told the ociated Press (quote): “Besides the health effects, acid rain and other problems that pollution creates, this work suggests that reducing air pollution might help ease the drought in north China.” Parts of China’s wheat-growing northern regions are currently hit by the worst drought since the 1950s.
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Nasty pollution in China
Dead fishes in a lake in Wuhan, China…China anger over North Korea test - 26 May 09
North Korea’s nuclear test risks not only an increase in international sanctions, but also anger from China, its closest ally.
Beijing has said it is “resolutely opposed” to the North’s nuclear test and, as Al Jazeera’s Melissa Chan explains, China’s opinion counts.
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China’s Pollution Busters - China
Nov 2007
In the past six years, infant birth defects in China have increased by an unprecedented 40%. This rise is being blamed on pollution from factories. Now green campaigners are taking on the multinationals.
“The untreated waste is pumped out secretly at night”, states activist Wu Deng Ming, pointing at a water outlet leading from a factory into a river. “People living along the river have enlarged livers”, claims one local. They suffer from: “loss of appetite or cancer and all sorts of terminal diseases”. Although strong laws governing pollution exist, these are regularly flouted. “Some local officials give protection to polluters”, claims Ma Jun. In an attempt to put pressure on polluters, campaigners are naming and shaming guilty companies online. “We let people know that this company, with such a popular brand, is violated waste water discharge standards”. There are also signs that central government is taking the problem more seriously. “The state is very serious about environmental problems”, states official Zhou Linbo. Some factories have been closed down. But strong resistance to change still exists. “Polluting factories hire hooligans to deal with people they believe will damage their reputation”, claims Wu Deng Ming. Other companies threaten to relocate to Vietnam or Indonesia where; “we can still discharge more of less freely”.
Produced by SBS/Dateline
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
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Longing for Blue Skies - Clean air in China
Air pollution in an unfortunate consequence of China’s recent rapid development. The 2008 Olympics are focusing global attention on Beijing’s air quality. Despite government efforts to control the problem, it remains a serious challenge for both China and the world.
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Air Pollution
This video provides many pictures of the effects of air pollution and some general facts pay through out the video i created this for a school presentation to visually enforce the effects of air pollution.
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BBC News - China’s Grime Belt Air Pollution Extreme
BBC News Article on Environmental Issues - Interested? Join the debate at Fair Air: http://www.google.co.uk/group/fairair?hl-en-GB
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