While China’s economy and progress is getting stronger, there appears to be some setbacks. China has a ever growing rate of pollution and environmental damage which doesn’t appear to be slowing down. These shocking photos of pollution in China show just how bad it really is.
China’s air pollution is known to be 20 times worse than the recommended safe levels. Due to their growing economy and population, their energy needs from coal are sky rocketing and is one of the biggest sources of air pollution – some even liking it to a nuclear winter,
Lakes and Waterways are also being choked with inorganic compounds, with some places chemicals turning the water into a blood red color. Combined with China’s thriving economy and industrialization means that the urban environments and the larger middle class are producing an enormous amount of rubbish which is clogging the waterways.
Journalist Takes Sample Of Red Polluted Water From The Jianhe River
Boy Swims In Algae-filled Water, Qingdao, Shandong
Fishermen Row Boat In Algae-filled Chaohu Lake In Hefei, Anhui Province
Labourer Tries To Clean Up Oil From Water, Dalian, Liaoning
Boy Tries To Avoid Scattered Rubbish Floating On A Flooded Street In Shantou, Guangdong Province
Child Swims In Polluted Reservoir, Pingba
Worker Cleans Away Dead Fish At Lake In Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei Province
Girl Walks Through Smog In Beijing, Where Small-Particle Pollution Is 40 Times Higher Than International Safety Standards
Workers Clean Up Floating Garbage On Yangtze River
Child Drinks Water From Stream In Fuyuan County, Yunnan Province
Workers Try To Drain Sewage Water From Leaking Sewage Tank, Shanghang, Fujian
Pollution From A Factory In Yutian, 100km East Of Beijing
Heavily Polluted River In Jiaxing, Zhejiang
Buildings In Beijing Surrounded By Smog
A Woman Collects Plastic Bottles Near A River Polluted With Reddish Dye
Woman Walks On A Bridge Over A Polluted River, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province
Man Walks By A Pipe Discharging Waste Water Into The Yangtze River
Fishermen Clean Up Oil At An Oil Spill Site Near Dalian Port, Liaoning Province
Residents Look At A Heavily Polluted River, Zhugao, Sichuan province
Dead Fish In Water Filled With Blueish Algae, East Lake, Wuhan
