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China’s Yellow River Pollution Getting Worse

November 24th, 2008

Even with the recent rise in awareness, and seemingly endless announcements that things were changing at the highest levels, there is yet another sobering reminder of the costs of economic development.

The pollution on China’s Yellow River, mother river, is worsening

the organization monitored 12,510.8 km of the Yellow River system, of which, 31.1 percent were found to have type-five negative water. And 4.26 billion tonnes of waste and sewage water was discharged in the Yellow River system in that same year.

…and it is the usual suspects that are responsible:

Industrial sector was blamed as the No.1 polluter, followed by living sewage contributed by urbanites living along the river system and the service trade.

to see more on the Yellow River, and its pollution, I highly recommend the following:

  • National Geographic: Yellow River and their interactive map
  • NPR: Yellow River: A Journey Through China
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