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Post #316456

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Anchorhead
Parent topic
China
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Date created
23-Apr-2008, 6:10 AM
From the series I posted a link to;

"Environmental woes that might be considered catastrophic in some countries can seem commonplace in China: industrial cities where people rarely see the sun; children killed or sickened by lead poisoning or other types of local pollution; a coastline so swamped by algal red tides that large sections of the ocean no longer sustain marine life.

China is choking on its own success. The economy is on a historic run, posting a succession of double-digit growth rates. But the growth derives, now more than at any time in the recent past, from a staggering expansion of heavy industry and urbanization that requires colossal inputs of energy, almost all from coal, the most readily available, and dirtiest, source."


http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f20/stonetriple/chinastorecoalmine.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f20/stonetriple/china_olympics.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f20/stonetriple/Tiananmen2008.jpg


That last picture is smog in Tiananmen Square, taken this year. Air pollution from China is being felt all the way to Los Angeles. We're going to have to deal with their disregard for the planet - whether we want to or not.

Add to that, the fact they are killing us in other ways also, through their disregard for any form of self-regulation. Around the world, products from China are killing;

Adults - contaminated medicine
Children - dangerous toys with lead paint
Animals - contaminated food

The sooner we stop supporting that government, the sooner they'll be forced to stop killing the planet.