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45 Shocking Photos Showing How Bad Pollution In China Has Become
China has some stunningly beautiful natural landscapes, but they may not count for much when, in other parts of the country, pollution runs totally unchecked. These shocking photos show what severe pollution people have to deal with in some parts of China.
Beijing and other parts of China have already become notorious for their incessant clouds of smog, which present very real health risks to anyone not wearing dust masks. Unregulated dumping in various rivers throughout China is fairly common, as many of the photos in this series help illustrate.
Chinese leaders have vowed to get serious on air pollution, but change will be difficult in a country whose industry has expanded so rapidly. If you have any photos illustrating these difficulties, please add them to this list.
(h/t: allthatisinteresting)
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#1
Fake Hong Kong Skyline For Tourists
Final score:
38points
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#2
Fishermen Row A Boat In The Algae-filled Chaohu Lake In Hefei, Anhui Province
#3
Girl Walks Through Smog In Beijing, Where Small-Particle Pollution Is 40 Times Over International Safety Standard
#4
Child Drinks Water From Stream In Fuyuan County, Yunnan Province
#5
Boy Swims In Algae-filled Water, Qingdao, Shandong
JulieMariaRohde 9 years ago
No, but polluting stuff as nitrate helps algae bloom, which uses the oxygen in the water, which kills the fish
#6
Journalist Takes A Sample Of Red Polluted Water From The Jianhe River
RobLaBrushe 9 years ago
Dye from a local plant changes the colour frequently. http://www.ibtimes.com/chinas-river-blood-jian-turns-red-after-chemical-dump-photos-70
#7
Worker Cleans Away Dead Fish At A Lake In Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province
#8
Labourer Tries To Clean Up Oil From Water, Dalian, Liaoning
#9
Workers Try To Drain Sewage Water From Leaking Sewage Tank, Shanghang, Fujian
#10
Buildings In Beijing Surrounded By Smog
#11
Child Swims In A Polluted Reservoir, Pingba
#12
Boy Tries To Avoid Scattered Rubbish Floating On A Flooded Street In Shantou, Guangdong Province
RobLaBrushe 9 years ago
This is the aftermath of a natural disaster that killed hundreds. Rather shameful to have this posted here.
#13
Pollution From A Factory In Yutian, 100km East Of Beijing
#14
Workers Clean Up Floating Garbage On The Yangtze Rive
#15
Dead Fish In Water Filled With Blueish Algae, East Lake, Wuhan
#16
Woman Collects Plastic Bottles Near River Polluted By Reddish Dye
lindsayandlife 9 years ago
probably all of our christmas decorations... http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2014/dec/19/santas-real-worksh
#17
Man Walks By Pipe Discharging Waste Water Into Yangtze River
#18
Great Wall Of China, Shame.
Final score:
21points
PetyaHarizanova 9 years ago
Ow, wow! At first I thought "Hmm, looks like some of the ruins in my country..." but then I saw this pile of bottles.... Shame...
#19
Heavily Polluted River In Jiaxing, Zhejiang
#20
Child Jumps Over Trash At A Village, Jiaxing
EvelynBock 9 years ago
Gruselige Fotos - sicher ein Ergebnis der boomenden Wirtschaft und billigen Preise in China :(
#21
Fisherman Fills His Palms With Water From The Algae-filled Chaohu Lake In Hefei
#22
Factory Polluting The Air
#23
Fisherman Covered In Algae, Chaohu Lake
#24
Woman Walks On Bridge Over Polluted River, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province
JohannesKlaeger 9 years ago
our debt as well, because of the stupid unreasonable consumer behavior of all industrial countries, and there people have to suffer
#25
Girl And Her Father Collect Water From Puddle At Dried-up Reservoir, Baofeng County
#26
Fishermen Collecting Fish In A Polluted Canal, Beijing
LucyHarvest 9 years ago
These photos of China pollution is very shocking & very sad indeed!! We are traveling for the first time to China in June. will take masks!!
#27
Workers Collect Dead Fish At A Park In Shenzhen, Guangdong Province
#28
A Street Dog Naps Amoungst The Garbage - Northern China.
Final score:
7points
#29
Over 3000 Dead Pigs Fished Out Of Huangpu River
Final score:
7points
#31
The Price Of Rapid Industrialization - Western China's Xinjiang Province
Final score:
6points
#32
Morning Smog In Beijing
#33
Workers Clean Up Leaked Oil After An Oil Pipeline Explosion, Qingdao, Shandong
#34
Fishermen Clean Up Oil At Oil Spill Near Dalian Port, Liaoning Province
#35
Smog In Beijing
Beatrice DuPont 5 years ago
https://www.inkstonenews.com/china/new-study-puts-annual-cost-chinas-air-pollution-38-million-and-11-million-deaths/article/2166591 A million deaths: the annual price of China’s dirty air
#37
Flies Gather On Railings Because Of Polluted Water, East Lake, Wuhan
#38
Fishermen Brave Heavy Smog Over A Natural Beauty Spot - Jixian, Tianjin.
Final score:
4points
#39
Great Wall Of China, Call It "great"?
Final score:
4points
#40
Smog Particles Mix With Fog And Settle At Ground Level In An Early Morning Freeze - Tianjin.
Final score:
3points
#41
Heavily Polluted River
#42
Pollution In Beijing From The Seventeenth Floor
Final score:
-3points
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Amanda-JoyVeness 9 years ago
If you feel strongly about it perhaps look at where the things you buy were made. Dollar stores may be cheap, but at the cost of our planet.
DeeRuler 9 years ago
Exactly!!!! Just because China is on the opposite side of the world, doesn't mean we haven't contributed to this in some way shape or form!
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TeriKing 9 years ago
Luck? Lucky? We're part of the problem. We buy 'Made in China' but do nothing to help with the cleanup the products produce!!
harpy 9 years ago
Noone can help China exept the Chinese, you know. What keeps 'em from cleaning their own wastes?
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Amanda-JoyVeness 9 years ago
If you feel strongly about it perhaps look at where the things you buy were made. Dollar stores may be cheap, but at the cost of our planet.
DeeRuler 9 years ago
Exactly!!!! Just because China is on the opposite side of the world, doesn't mean we haven't contributed to this in some way shape or form!
Load More Replies... TeriKing 9 years ago
Luck? Lucky? We're part of the problem. We buy 'Made in China' but do nothing to help with the cleanup the products produce!!
harpy 9 years ago
Noone can help China exept the Chinese, you know. What keeps 'em from cleaning their own wastes?
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