Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Coal-Ash-Polluted-Soil-in-China-27MZIFI5X7K1.htmlConceptually similarCoal Ash Polluted Soil in ChinaGP026IDCompleted★★★★Coal Ash Pollution in ChinaGP026IMCompleted★★★★Coal Ash Polluted Soil in ChinaGP026IBCompleted★★★★Coal Ash Pollution in ChinaGP026INCompleted★★★★Shuimotou Village in ChinaGP026JOCompleted★★★★Coal Ash Disposal Site in ChinaGP026IJCompleted★★★★★★Coal Ash Disposal Site in ChinaGP026IICompleted★★★★Coal Ash Disposal Site in ChinaGP026IHCompleted★★★★Village Road in ChinaGP026JRCompleted★★★★View AllGP026ICCoal Ash Polluted Soil in ChinaFarm land polluted by coal ash.Ash chokes the sky above a coal ash dam owned by the Shentou Number 2 Power Plant, in Shuimotou village, Shuozhou, Shanxi province. With even the lightest wind, the tiny particles take flight, blotting out the sky like a thick sandstorm of ash, highly hazardous to people, as the fine particles are easily inhaled. Lu Youlong, a local who works nearby, said that contaminated water has seeped from the ash dam into village fish ponds, killing all the fish. Many fields have also developed puddles of alkaline water, making it impossible to grow cropsLocations:Asia-China-ShanxiDate:13 Jun, 2010Credit:© Zhao Gang / GreenpeaceMaximum size:2800px X 1867pxKeywords:Agricultural land-Climate (campaign title)-Coal-Day-Fields-KWCI (GPI)-Land pollution-Outdoors-Plants-Toxics (campaign title)Shoot:Coal Ash Disposal Documentation in ChinaThe threats of coal combustion waste have been vastly underestimated in China due to regulatory loopholes that allow power companies to freely dump toxic coal ash in the environment, according to Greenpeace’s latest report, the True Cost of Coal – An Investigation into Coal Ash in China. Related Collections:Report 'True Cost of Coal: China Coal Ash'Coal Ash Disposal Documentation in China (Photo & Video)
