Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Victim-Affected-by-Heavy-Air-Pollution-in-China-27MZIF3YNMVG.htmlConceptually similarVictim of Heavy Air Pollution in JiangsuGP0STP1WKCompleted★★★★Victim Affected by Air Pollution in ChinaGP0STP1WNCompleted★★★★★★Xuzhou Steel Group’s Plant near Weishan LakeGP0STP1WRCompleted★★★★Local People Leaving Hospital in JiangsuGP0STP1WLCompleted★★★★Victim Affected by Heavy Air Pollution in ChinaGP0STP1WMCompleted★★★★Mother and Child Victims of Air Pollution in Liguo TownGP0STP1X6Completed★★★★★★★Child in Protective Mask in Liguo TownGP0STP1X3Completed★★★★★★Victims Affected by Heavy Air Pollution in ChinaGP0STP1WTCompleted★★★★★★Victims Affected by Heavy Air Pollution in ChinaGP0STP1WSCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STP1WJVictim Affected by Heavy Air Pollution in ChinaXu Jianrong from Mashan Village, Liguo Town, has been raising and farming fish in hand-made dyked pools around the edges of Weishan Lake since the 1980s. In 2001 the construction of the South Eastern Steel Plant began. After ten years of development and expansion, the steel plant and Xu Jianrong's fish pools are separated by just one narrow river. The black, yellow and green smoke and the particles emitted by the plant has contaminated both Xu Jianrong's fish pools and his house. “Look!”, he says, “the yellow smoke from the plant floats over to where my fish are. When it arrives, they all swim as far away as possible, or else they will be poisoned by the fumes.” In September 2013 Xu Jianrong was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis. Now there is no one to maintain the fish pools, no one to raise the fish.Locations:China-East Asia-JiangsuDate:6 May, 2015Credit:© Lu Guang / GreenpeaceMaximum size:2000px X 1333pxKeywords:Air pollution-Climate (campaign title)-Day-Fishers-Health-Illness-Indoors-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Men-Toxics (campaign title)-Two people-VictimsShoot:Victims of Air Pollution in Jiangsu Villages, Eastern ChinaAgainst 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.Related Collections:Victims of Air Pollution in Eastern China
