China might look like a luxurious place to live in. the clean roads and the spacious country can deceive you as they say looks can be deceiving. China is the forerunner of many strange diseases.
Some of the shocking things that have come to light recently suggest that it is not a myth. China has the highest level of pollution in the world. You will know if you take a look at these pictures.
China leads as the highest manufacturer of technology goods, clothing, and toys but it also puts out the highest waste and is the most polluted country in the world.
This is a Barry fish carcass floating in a river trapped in extreme pollution. Not just fish but all living things are endangered these days in China. You can find most rivers filled with dead fish carcasses.
Two-thirds of cities in China do not meet air emissions standards. Chemical pollutants are being dumped illegally into the Jianghe River, completely polluted making the water turn red. It is a river that flows through the center of Rugao City.
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In rural areas, there is mostly no place to dump garbage, hence all the garbage joins the river.
Only 1% of China’s 560 million urban dwellers breathe clean air according to the European Union standards.
The government has also announced a holiday for schools and offices due to high levels of air pollution.
By 2030, government projects in China will have completely destroyed all available water resources. Already 90% of China’s groundwater is polluted.
Even the air quality index could not be measured due to the level of pollution. Every year 7 lakh 50 thousand people die due to air pollution alone.
An explosion at an oil depot in 2010 caused nearly 400 million gallons of oil to leak. That’s 4 times more than the busy oil spill that occurred in Mexico.
20 of the 30 most polluted cities in the world belong to China.
China consumes half of the world’s coal. With factories and industries being set up every single day and the fuel is burnt like a candle in the dragon country.
Carbon dioxide emissions from China are projected to equate to global pollution by 2030.
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