Chemical Pollution in the Yangtze River

The stinky smoke from the Yabang Chemical Plant of the Tongling Chemical Park, Anhui Province, covers the banks of the Yangtze river. The wastewater pipe is buried under the bank and extends into the Yangtze, discharging waste secretly at night.

In original language:

长江流域的化学污染

安徽铜陵市化工园区亚邦化工厂冒着青烟覆盖长江大堤，气味非常难闻，污水管道埋在大堤下延伸到长江，晚上偷排污水。

Unique identifier: GP0STRNZL

Type: Image

Shoot date: 09/01/2010

Locations: Anhui, China, East Asia, Ma'anshan, Tongling, Yangtze River

Credit line: © Lu Guang / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Chemical Pollution in the Yangtze River

For many years there has been growing concern over the manufacture and use of hazardous chemicals, and over the presence of many of these chemicals in the environment as a result of their release from industrial sources or from products that the chemicals have been used to manufacture. Largely as a result of legislation, the manufacture and use of some of the most hazardous chemicals has greatly reduced in many countries and regions in recent years. However, the opposite trend is being seen in China for certain hazardous chemicals, where their manufacture and/or use has either continued largely unchanged or, in some instances, actually increased considerably in the last decade.

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