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China says more than half of its groundwater is polluted
2014-04-23 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Nearly 60% of the groundwater at sites monitored throughout China is of poor or extremely poor quality, with excessive amounts of pollutants, according to an annual report by the Ministry of Land and Resources. Tests at 4,778 monitoring sites across China showed a slight increase in polluted sites over last year, from 57.4% to 59.6%, according to the report, released late on Tuesday. Beijing has been responding to public demands for transparency in environmental data. Last week, the government...
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