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<blockquote data-quote="TnWatchdog" data-source="post: 65670" data-attributes="member: 3077"><p><span style="color: #ffff00">China may be looking for a place to move.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff">China Admits Existence Of 'Cancer Villages' In Report, As Pollution Concerns Mount</span></strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><strong>The Huffington Post</strong> | By <a href="http://paranormalis.com/dominique-mosbergen" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff">Dominique Mosbergen</span></a> Posted: 02/23/2013 1:47 pm EST | Updated: 02/23/2013 3:17 pm EST </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><img src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1005472/thumbs/r-CHINA-CANCER-VILLAGES-large570.jpg?6" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"> As <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/01/31/china-smog-beijing/1879853/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0088c3">public discontent</span></span></a> mounts in China over the country's <a href="http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/concerns-grow-about-severely-polluted-water-in-chinas-cities/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0088c3">worsening</span></span></a> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/16/chinese-struggle-through-airpocalypse-smog" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0088c3">pollution</span></span></a> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/29/china-canned-air-chen-guangbiao-chinese-millionaire_n_2574901.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0088c3">problem</span></span></a> and the government's lack of transparency about environmental concerns, Chinese authorities have <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21545868" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0088c3">acknowledged the existence of so-called "cancer villages"</span></span></a> in a new report this week, according to multiple media outlets.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">Agence France-Presse writes that the country's environment ministry made the admission in a report about pollution in which authorities acknowledged the <a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20130222-china-admits-pollution-linked-cancer-villages" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0088c3">dangers posed to human health by the harmful chemicals</span></span></a> -- many of which are banned in developed nations -- that are produced and consumed in large quantities in the country.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">"The toxic chemicals have caused many environmental emergencies linked to water and air pollution," the report said via the BBC.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">"There are even some serious cases of health and social problems, like the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21545868" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0088c3">emergence of cancer villages</span></span></a> in individual regions," it continued.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">AFP notes, however, that the report "did not elaborate on the phenomenon."</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">Over the past few years, the term "cancer village" has been used readily <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/07/china-cancer-villages-industrial-pollution" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0088c3">by</span></span></a> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/16/us-china-pollution-lawsuit-idUSTRE80F0RH20120116" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0088c3">the</span></span></a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1pbNTvkYSA" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0088c3">media</span></span></a>, as environmentalists and concerned citizens have called attention to China's <a href="http://english.cntv.cn/program/china24/20130205/103106.shtml" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0088c3">burgeoning cancer rates</span></span></a> and deteriorating human health in areas near polluted waterways and factories.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">For instance, investigative journalist Deng Fei used the term in 2009, when he <a href="http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/05/a-map-of-chinas-cancer-villages/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0088c3">published a map</span></span></a> pinpointing dozens of toxic villages in China. (According to website TechinAsia.com, Deng most recently launched a campaign on Chinese microblogging site Weibo to raise awareness about the country's worsening <a href="http://www.techinasia.com/deng-fei-launches-weibo-campaign-share-images-water-pollution/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0088c3">water pollution problem</span></span></a>.)</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><a href="http://english.cntv.cn/program/china24/20130205/103106.shtml" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0088c3">Cancer is now the country's "top killer,"</span></span></a> according to a recent report by China Network Television. Nevertheless, Ma Jun, a leading environmentalist in China, told The Telegraph that, despite China's environmental problems and growing cancer rate, the government typically avoids making a connection between pollution and disease.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">Environmental lawyer Wang Canfa told the AFP that this new environmental report is likely the <a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20130222-china-admits-pollution-linked-cancer-villages" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0088c3">first time the term "cancer village" has been used</span></span></a> in a ministry document.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">Campaigners have lauded the new report -- which not only acknowledged that pollution could pose a risk to human health and the environment, but also outlined a plan to <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9887413/China-admits-pollution-has-caused-cancer-villages.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0088c3">stop the use and production of dozens of toxic chemicals</span></span></a> -- as a step in the right direction.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">“I do think this shows a <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9887413/China-admits-pollution-has-caused-cancer-villages.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #0088c3">positive development</span></span></a>,” Ma told The Telegraph. “The recognition of the existence of problems is the very first step and the precondition for us to really start solving these problems.”</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TnWatchdog, post: 65670, member: 3077"] [COLOR=#ffff00]China may be looking for a place to move.[/COLOR] [SIZE=6][B][COLOR=#ffffff]China Admits Existence Of 'Cancer Villages' In Report, As Pollution Concerns Mount[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] [COLOR=#ffffff][B]The Huffington Post[/B] | By [URL='http://paranormalis.com/dominique-mosbergen'][COLOR=#ffffff]Dominique Mosbergen[/COLOR][/URL] Posted: 02/23/2013 1:47 pm EST | Updated: 02/23/2013 3:17 pm EST [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff][IMG]http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1005472/thumbs/r-CHINA-CANCER-VILLAGES-large570.jpg?6[/IMG][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff] As [URL='http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/01/31/china-smog-beijing/1879853/'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#0088c3]public discontent[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] mounts in China over the country's [URL='http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/concerns-grow-about-severely-polluted-water-in-chinas-cities/'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#0088c3]worsening[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] [URL='http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/16/chinese-struggle-through-airpocalypse-smog'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#0088c3]pollution[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] [URL='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/29/china-canned-air-chen-guangbiao-chinese-millionaire_n_2574901.html'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#0088c3]problem[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] and the government's lack of transparency about environmental concerns, Chinese authorities have [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21545868'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#0088c3]acknowledged the existence of so-called "cancer villages"[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] in a new report this week, according to multiple media outlets.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]Agence France-Presse writes that the country's environment ministry made the admission in a report about pollution in which authorities acknowledged the [URL='http://www.france24.com/en/20130222-china-admits-pollution-linked-cancer-villages'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#0088c3]dangers posed to human health by the harmful chemicals[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] -- many of which are banned in developed nations -- that are produced and consumed in large quantities in the country.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]"The toxic chemicals have caused many environmental emergencies linked to water and air pollution," the report said via the BBC.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]"There are even some serious cases of health and social problems, like the [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21545868'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#0088c3]emergence of cancer villages[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] in individual regions," it continued.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]AFP notes, however, that the report "did not elaborate on the phenomenon."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]Over the past few years, the term "cancer village" has been used readily [URL='http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/07/china-cancer-villages-industrial-pollution'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#0088c3]by[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] [URL='http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/16/us-china-pollution-lawsuit-idUSTRE80F0RH20120116'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#0088c3]the[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] [URL='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1pbNTvkYSA'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#0088c3]media[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL], as environmentalists and concerned citizens have called attention to China's [URL='http://english.cntv.cn/program/china24/20130205/103106.shtml'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#0088c3]burgeoning cancer rates[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] and deteriorating human health in areas near polluted waterways and factories.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]For instance, investigative journalist Deng Fei used the term in 2009, when he [URL='http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/05/a-map-of-chinas-cancer-villages/'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#0088c3]published a map[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] pinpointing dozens of toxic villages in China. (According to website TechinAsia.com, Deng most recently launched a campaign on Chinese microblogging site Weibo to raise awareness about the country's worsening [URL='http://www.techinasia.com/deng-fei-launches-weibo-campaign-share-images-water-pollution/'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#0088c3]water pollution problem[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL].)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff][URL='http://english.cntv.cn/program/china24/20130205/103106.shtml'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#0088c3]Cancer is now the country's "top killer,"[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] according to a recent report by China Network Television. Nevertheless, Ma Jun, a leading environmentalist in China, told The Telegraph that, despite China's environmental problems and growing cancer rate, the government typically avoids making a connection between pollution and disease.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]Environmental lawyer Wang Canfa told the AFP that this new environmental report is likely the [URL='http://www.france24.com/en/20130222-china-admits-pollution-linked-cancer-villages'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#0088c3]first time the term "cancer village" has been used[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] in a ministry document.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]Campaigners have lauded the new report -- which not only acknowledged that pollution could pose a risk to human health and the environment, but also outlined a plan to [URL='http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9887413/China-admits-pollution-has-caused-cancer-villages.html'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#0088c3]stop the use and production of dozens of toxic chemicals[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] -- as a step in the right direction.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]“I do think this shows a [URL='http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9887413/China-admits-pollution-has-caused-cancer-villages.html'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#0088c3]positive development[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL],” Ma told The Telegraph. “The recognition of the existence of problems is the very first step and the precondition for us to really start solving these problems.”[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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