Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Lead-zinc-Mine-Reserve-in-Hunan-Province--China-27MZIFJXHNQ1C.htmlConceptually similarResident Shows Scar from Surgery in ChinaGP0STRBRICompleted★★★★Lead-zinc Mining Tailing Pond in Hunan Province, ChinaGP0STRBPVCompleted★★★★Lead-zinc Mining Tailing Pond in Hunan Province, ChinaGP0STRBQ7Completed★★★★★★Taifeng Mining Company’s Tailing Pond in Hunan Province, ChinaGP0STRBQJCompleted★★★★Groundwater Well in ChinaGP0STRBRJCompleted★★★★Tailing Ponds of Taifeng Mining Company in Hunan Province, ChinaGP0STRBQ5Completed★★★★Girl's Health Affected by Exposure to Heavy Metals in ChinaGP0STRBRGCompleted★★★★Patients at Huayuan People's Hospital in ChinaGP0STRBRFCompleted★★★★Patients at Hospital in ChinaGP0STRBRCCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP0STRBPTLead-zinc Mine Reserve in Hunan Province, ChinaThe reserve of lead-zinc mines in Huayuan county is the second largest in Hunan province, and third in the county. The lead-zinc mines are on the hills where Laowangzhai village is located.The area has been mined since 1986, and reached a peak in 2000. Currently, Taifeng, Sanli, Canlia, Tongli, Hefeng, Tianyuan and Hairun mining companies are still mining in the area even after the national and provincial rectification of the mining activities.In original language:航拍湖南老王寨村花垣县铅锌矿探明储量居湖南省第二、全国第三,老王寨村上的铅锌矿自1986年开始开采,2000年之后开发量达到最大。如今,整顿后的矿山仍有太丰、三立、残联、同力、合丰、天源、海润矿业在开采。Locations:Asia-China-East Asia-Huayuan County-HunanDate:8 Aug, 2016Credit:© Qiu Bo / GreenpeaceLatitude:28°31'30.94"NMaximum size:3992px X 2992pxLongitude109°19'55.39"EKeywords:Aerial view-Day-KWCI (GPI)-Landscapes-Metals-Mines-Mining-Outdoors-Pollution-Toxic waste-Toxics (campaign title)-Villages-WaterShoot:Landscapes and Farmland in Lead and Zinc Mining Polluted Area in Hunan Province, ChinaTuanjie, Biancheng, Longtan and Maoer are neighboring villages in Huayuan county, Xiangxi autonomous prefecture, Hunan province, China. Hunan is China’s largest rice producer, but the province’s fertile rice paddies are interspersed with heavy metal mines, a combination that has led to dangerously high levels of soil pollution.Yet available information about the extent of soil pollution in Hunan is limited.Two decades of lead and zinc mining in these villages has taken a major toll. The population of the villages, most of who are ethnically Miao, has experienced severe health impacts as a result of heavy metal exposure.Eighty to 90 percent of the population in these five villages has kidney stones, and, each year, an average of 40 additional patients suffer from uremia, a complication of chronic kidney disease. In 2014, blood lead levels of all but one child tested in the villages exceeded the national standard.In response, residents petitioned the local government and were seen blocking trucks heading to and from the mine to ask for compensation.Greenpeace East Asia tested soil samples from the area. For the majority of samples, cadmium, arsenic, lead and zinc exceeded the national standard. Rice samples also tested above the national standard for chromium and lead, and, in several cases, arsenic. A more detailed breakdown of the results is available.Related Collections:Lead and Zinc Mine Tailing Ponds Surrounding Villages in Hunan Province, China