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Toxic Smog Puts Cancer as Leading Cause Death in China
2015-04-15 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Beijings 21-million residents live in a toxic fog of particulate matter, ozone, sulphur dioxide, mercury, cadmium, lead and other contaminants, mainly caused by factories and coal burning. Schools and workplaces regularly shut down when pollution exceeds hazardous levels. People have exchanged paper and cotton masks for more elaborate, filtered respirators. Cancer has become the leading cause of death in the city and throughout the country. Chinese authorities, often reluctant to admit to the extent...
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