Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Fishermen-on-Yangtze-River-27MZIFLMG9B6.htmlConceptually similarFishermen on Yangtze RiverGP02084Completed★★★★Fishermen on Yangtze RiverGP020C6Completed★★★★Fishermen in Jiangsu ProvinceGP025TQCompleted★★★★★★Factories in Jiangsu ProvinceGP020BYCompleted★★★★★★★Fishmonger in Jiangsu ProvinceGP02080Completed★★★★Fishing Nets in Jiangsu ProvinceGP025TRCompleted★★★★★★Fisherman on Yangtze RiverGP02082Completed★★★★★★★Fishermen on Yangtze RiverGP025TPCompleted★★★★★★Fishermen on Yangtze RiverGP02083Completed★★★★View AllGP020BZFishermen on Yangtze RiverThe nets that fishermen cast into the Yangtze river come up gummed with discharged pulp from the Jiulong Paper Mill. Xie Chunhong, a fisherman, said, “The chemicals and the waste damage our nets very badly. Before the factory opened, one fishing net could last for three or five years, but nowadays, it doesn’t even last one year.”Locations:Asia-China-Jiangsu-Taicang-Yanglingang-Yangtze RiverDate:16 Mar, 2010Credit:© Lu Guang / GreenpeaceMaximum size:5616px X 3744pxKeywords:Chemical industry-Chimneys-Copy space-Fishers-Fishing (activity)-Fishing nets-KWCI (GPI)-Low angle view-Outdoors-Paper industry-River pollution-Silhouettes-Smoke-Toxics (campaign title)-Water pollutionShoot:Taicang Cancer Village on Yangtze RiverFifty families of fishermen live in Yanglingang village, in the Jiangsu province. They fish for their livelihood and have drunk water from the Yangtze for decades. In the last few years, however, the river has been significantly polluted, and thefishermen noticed that the water has a strange flavor. Since 2003, factory construction has erupted all around Yanglingang. Today the little fishing village is surrounded by power plants, paper-making factories, and chemical plants. Greenpeace together with photographer Lu Guang documented the life and death of this community living "under the pipe". The water that flows beneath the fishing boats is the same wastewater discharged from the factories, and the air that fishermen breathe is the same acrid, metallic air polluted by the factories.The problem worsens in winter, when the water level of the river falls, but wastewater discharge does not decline. The fishermen often suffer stomachaches, diarrhea, and other diseases. This January, the village head Xu Jiabao suffered from the same kind of gastro-intestinal disorders. The fishermen have gone to the local government and nearby industrial parks several times to report the pollution and request the installation of tap water for the village, yet years have passed with no action being taken.Related Collections:"Hidden Consequences" Report on River PollutionTaicang Cancer Village on Yangtze River (Photos & Video)