Charity Davenport
10/29/09
5:57pm
According to an article from China Daily, Environmental protection officials have urged local governments to ward off heavy-metal pollution. This is in an attempt to ensure the safety of drinking water. One-fifth of China’s drinking water sources did not reach the national standards. This resulted in 90 million people without access to clean water. Tap water comes from centralized water sources, such as rivers and lakes. However, this is not the first time that China has had problems with pollution. There has been an increasing number of heavy-metal pollution incidents—including several lead poisoning cases. Furthermore, local governments are still putting more emphasis on growing economically rather than focusing on the well-being of the environment and people.
Through my research, I have noticed that China has been the talk of plenty of pollution incidents. It’s really sad that this country has to endure such an unhealthy environment. I was amazed that so many people (90 million), were being left without clean drinking water. However, the part that disgusted me the most was the fact that the local government would rather focus on getting more money rather than caring about the health of their people and their environment. I think it’s terrible that they would be willing to put the health of their people on the back burner just to earn a little more cash. I really hope that the Environmental Protection will be able to step in and help take care of the problem, before it becomes too much to handle.
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/90872/6796544.html
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