Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Fishermen-on-Yangtze-River-27MZIFLMRWHT.htmlConceptually similarGirl on Yangtze RiverGP0208JCompleted★★★★Woman on Yangtze RiverGP02089Completed★★★★★★Fishermen on Yangtze RiverGP02086Completed★★★★Woman on a Boat in Jiangsu ProvinceGP0208LCompleted★★★★Woman on Boat in Jiangsu ProvinceGP0208QCompleted★★★★★★Family on a Boat in Jiangsu ProvinceGP0208MCompleted★★★★Factories in Jiangsu ProvinceGP020BYCompleted★★★★★★★Woman in Jiangsu ProvinceGP0208FCompleted★★★★Woman Fetches Water in Yangtze RiverGP0208ICompleted★★★★★★View AllGP02087Fishermen on Yangtze RiverThe fishermen from Yanglingang are poor and can’t afford to buy a house on land, they must continue to live on their boats even when old. They fish for their livelihood and have drunken water from the Yangtze river for decades. In the last few years the river has been significantly polluted. 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.Locations:Asia-China-Jiangsu-Taicang-Yanglingang-Yangtze RiverDate:9 Mar, 2010Credit:© Lu Guang / GreenpeaceMaximum size:5616px X 3744pxKeywords:Boats-Chemical industry-Day-Elderly-Fishers-KWCI (GPI)-Old-Outdoors-River pollution-Rivers-Toxics (campaign title)-Two people-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:Taicang Cancer Village on Yangtze River (Photos & Video)