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Keywords
Air pollution
Climate (campaign title)
Day
Health
Illness
Industrial landscapes
KWCI (GPI)
Local population
Men
One person
Outdoors
Silhouettes
Smog
Steelmaking industry
Toxics (campaign title)
Victims
Steel Plantation in Jiangsu Province
From 2011, the residents of Dawangfang Village, Zhewang Town, began to be moved out of the area. However, over 100 villagers have yet to sign a compensation agreement, and as a result have still not moved away from the polluted area. In October 2014, one resident of Dawangfang Village, Chen Zhanlu, was diagnosed with liver cancer. Since then he has spent more than two months in hospital seeking treatment for the illness. He is now at home, taking medicine and recuperating. But he still does not know if, within his lifetime, he and his family will be able to move away from the seriously polluted village.
Villagers in Mayuan Village search through trash outside the Weitian chemical plant. They make a living by collecting trash and selling it for recycling.
Unique identifier:
GP0STP1WI
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
18/05/2015
Locations:
China
,
East Asia
,
Jiangsu
Credit line:
© Lu Guang / Greenpeace
Ranking:
★★★★★★ (B)
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Victims of Air Pollution in Jiangsu Villages, Eastern China
Against the background of rapid economic development in Jiangsu Province, China, large scale high energy consumption industries are being sustained by local government. As a result Jiangsu Province's use of coal makes up over 70% of its total energy usage. Under pressure from the Yangzi River Delta Pollution Control Policy, the traditional high-polluting industries are confronted with the difficulties of transformation. Statistics have shown that in 2014 Jiangsu Province still had big industries who exceeded the national standard for emissions. The most notable offenders are the coal, steel and chemical industries.
In northern Jiangsu, whilst the pollution left over from old industrial cities still has not been cleaned up, new industrial parks are further expanding the damage done by pollution. As the focus on GDP fades, the price paid for industrial development is becoming clear. It is reflected in the physical health of the residents, young and old, of areas surrounding the factories.
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