Pollution Victim in China

Impoverished Gao Wanshun, whose wife died of cancer, is a villager of Zhangyuzhuang along the polluted Hong River in Xiping County.

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UNDER LICENSE FROM LU GUANG ON THE CONDITION THAT IMAGES ARE STRICTLY FOR GREENPEACE WEB AND GREENPEACE INTERNAL PUBLICATION USE ONLY. NO DISTRIBUTION TO THIRD PARTIES. NO WEB SHARING SITES, ADVERTISING OR REDISTRIBUTION.

Unique identifier: GP0206M

Type: Image

Shoot date: 03/04/2009

Locations: Asia, China, Henan

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Lu Guang

Size: 3200px × 2133px 479KB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Toxic Industry Waste Water in Henan

Chinese people living in Zhangyuzhuang village in Henan Province, suffer serious illnesses as a result of toxic waste water from the local industry. The cluster of paper and chemical factories about 15km upstream is discharging polluted waste water into the stream used by the villagers. To protect the health of the local population and the environment Greenpeace is calling for zero discharge of hazardous chemicals.

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