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Tumor outbreak reported in Dongming, pollution blamed
Tens of thousands of residents in Dongming county, Shandong Province, allegedly suffer from thyroid tumors because of industrial pollution, a discovery that has resulted in Premier Wen Jiabao ordering an investigation into the claims. Zhang Lixiang, administrative supervisor of the Shandong health department, told the Global Times yesterday that officials with the provincial departments of […]
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“Stove Revolution” in SW China Aims to Wipe out Fluorosis
When Hou Jiwen was born 52 years ago in Hehua Village in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, his house, like many, had a coal-fired clay stove for cooking. The family used it for baking corn and peppers. Nobody gave the stove a second thought, but even then, it was changing the course of Hou’s life. He […]
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China launches six major public health service programs
On June 18, the office of the State Council held a videoconference to launch six major public health service programs. The six major public health service programs are as follows: The first program aims at giving booster shots of the Hepatitis B vaccine to those under the age of 15. According to the plan, the […]
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Two China aluminium makers say have halved output
* Aluminium fluoride producer also halves production * Cite downturn hitting demand * Aluminium trading only just above production cost DUBAI, March 29 – Two Chinese aluminium producers, Shengxin Aluminum and Shanghai Unison Aluminium, have cut their output by half due to the economic downturn, executives said on Sunday. Sinochem Shanghai Corp, which makes aluminium […]
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Poison in the drinking water
Thousands of Chinese people are making their way to Beijing this week to lodge their complaints during the annual sitting of parliament. Some of these grievances will concern the appalling pollution that reaches to the remotest corners of the country. Only a quarter of China’s surface water is fit for industrial use. For drinking water […]
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GE provides gift of clean water to Dongguang County
The FINANCIAL — GE Water & Process Technologies on November 18 announced it has donated and transferred operational ownership for two advanced water treatment systems to Dongguang County, which will provide clean drinking water for more than 40,000 residents in Dongguang City. Dedicated as a gift to the people of China, the systems are designed […]
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Yuli County: More Farmers & Herdsmen Get Access To Safe Water
Recently Yuli County completed its safe drinking water project. Thereafter, over 50,000 farmers and herdsmen in 8 townships and towns bid farewell to the bitter and salty water and get access to sweet tap water. In the past, due to the poor underground water quality which is beyond the standard of mineral content, diseases including […]
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All rural Beijingers to have safe drinking water
BEIJING — All rural residents in Beijing will enjoy safe drinking water after 700,000 more villagers, the last group of thirsty people in outer rural areas, are covered by the city’s water supply efforts this year. “Beijing is expected to be the first among all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities on the Chinese mainland to […]
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Taiwan Buddhist group sends low-fluorine tea to Tibet
Taipei – A Taiwan Buddhist group, believing the high- fluorine milk tea which Tibetans have been drinking for centuries is bad for their health, is sending low-fluorine tea to Tibet, the group said Tuesday. The Buddhist Tzuchi Foundation joined Chinese researchers in studying the tea-drinking habits of Tibetans in 2000 and since 2004, has distributed […]
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Excessive levels of fluorine, phosphate and arsenium kills 88,000 pounds of fish in China river
BEIJING (Reuters) – Waste water dumped by factories into a river in southwest China has poisoned and killed about 40,000 kg (88,180 lb) of fish, media said on Tuesday. Eighty government officials went door to door in Chongan town, Guizhou province, to warn villagers not to eat, sell or transport the fish, state radio and […]
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