China's 'cancer villages' reveal dark side of economic boom

Source: Guardian -

Polluting factories in rural communities are forming a deadly toxic cocktail for villagers, leading to surging rates of cancer

Zheng Gumei thought she was down with a cold until the doctor told her to wait outside the room so he could talk to her son alone.

"I knew then that I must have a serious illness," the 47-year-old farmer recalled, wiping away the tears and then staring into the distance. "I'm having treatment now. See, my hair has fallen out," she said, taking off her hat to show the side-effects of chemotherapy.

Like many other residents of Xinglong, a small rural community next to an industrial park in China's Yunnan province, she had little doubt about the source of her cancer. "The pollution in this village is bad, people get sick."

Such stories have become much more common in China in recent years as breakneck economic growth increasingly takes its toll on the nation's health.

Since last year, there has been an explosion of

Read the full article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/07/china-cancer-villages-indus...

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[SaintPzych0]

@MrCaracas1000 Mao Zedong caused the largest genocide in modern history -- 50 million Chinese perished due to a famine he exacerbated by mistreating the environment. Open a book and read before saying such ignorant crap.

[irkiIIer]

@arch37 your a fuckin dumbass, stfu

[MrCaracas1000]

God we need Mao back /:

[arch37]

When the poor know they are being left to die in China then there is only one solution! Americans sprayed their own people in experiments by planes over their populations! The rich rule over the poor yet if people call out to Jesus just one time in their lives for help He will help/ The decision is ours to trust that what the Bible says is true. Christ exists for everyone to be saved by throughout their lives into the next!

[Idtelos]

Thank you Globalization. *sarcastic tone

[WorldCapitalBeats]

God have mercy on these poor helpless people