China has one of the worst
track records for rampant environmental pollution with industrial materials and
chemicals. recent reports out of a major manufacturing region in china has
revealed that at least one hundred and sixty children have been poisoned by
lead pollution released from the local factories. Much of the waste ends up in
the air, which gets into the food and water supply, creating much havoc for
people of the city.
According to the U.S. government's Medline plus Medical Encyclopedia, the normal range for lead in the blood is less than 20 micrograms/dL in adults. This means that some of the Chinese children tested have levels of lead in their blood that are a shocking 2,560 percent higher than what is considered "normal."
Lead problems in China
are not new, back in 2007 that involved nearly one million toys. Barbie dolls,
Hot Wheels cars, were found to contain dangerous levels of lead in their paint.
To address the problems themselves, some Chinese residents have boycotted
of companies emitting the deadly pollution.
It really seems that
china's stance on pollution is profit before people. Every week there is
something new on pollution on china and there is nothing for the local citizens
to do about it but protest. There needs to be big governments overrule to get
anywhere in china's policies. I think that this article puts up a pretty good
argument. It doesn't seem very biased and it backs it up all the information
with resources. I think this article makes a good argument for different
policies to go into place and for citizens to make a change.
http://www.naturalnews.com/035202_lead_pollution_China_children.html
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