Cancer Booms in Chinese Factory Towns
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 11th, 2010 4:51 am by HL
Cancer Booms in Chinese Factory Towns
Polluting factories in rural communities are forming a deadly toxic cocktail for villagers in China, leading to surging rates of cancer. Chinese farmers are almost four times more likely to die of liver cancer and twice as likely to die of stomach cancer than the global average, according to study commissioned by the World Bank. “Before the factories were built, there was no cancer. We were free of strange diseases,” said Cui Xiaoliang, who lives near Luliang City Industrial Park. “Now, we hear every year that this person or that person has cancer, especially lung and liver cancer. My aunt never drank alcohol or smoked. Her cancer was completely caused by pollution.”
