Comments on: Shangba, China’s Village of Death

By: Cancer Now Leading Cause of Death in China Permaculture Research Institute

Cancer Now Leading Cause of Death in China Permaculture Research Institute — Thu, 26 May 2011 16:45:12 +0000

[...] threat level to ‘villages of death’ – as in the case of the village of Shangba, where approximately 80% of residents have been taken by cancer. The solution is to vastly reaccess what kind of world we want to live in, but the Chinese, keen to [...]

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Thu, 27 May 2010 17:25:22 +0000

[...] And since I did pour over the Economist magazine this weekend, here is a cute little bright spot about using iron to leach out contaminations from waster water. As you will see more and more in the coming decade, the research is being lead by China, who certainly can stand to clean up their environment. [...]

By: Vitro Nasu » Blog Archive » Cancer Village In China

Vitro Nasu » Blog Archive » Cancer Village In China — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:29:23 +0000

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By: Godofredo Arauzo

Godofredo Arauzo — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:50:11 +0000

POLLUTION TO THE OROYA CITY PERÃš
The years 2006 and 2007 the Blacksmith Institute have accomplished a research about the cities more contaminated to the world and arrived to the conclusion that the Oroya city was between the 10 cities more polluted of the world and, the environment Graffiti 2008 said that is between five more pollute too to the world and the 2008 Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross Switzerland say that Oroya is between the most polluted of the world. This qualifications are benevolents; according to my researchs to many years who I am publishing, the Oroya city is the more polluted to Peru, Latin America and of the world and every day is being more polluted: lead in blood in children in the Ancient Oroya in average 53.7 ug/dl ( DIGESA 1999); pregnancies women 39.49 ig/dl ( UNES 2000), new borns children 19.06 ug/dl, puerperal 319 ug/100 grams/placenta ( Castro 2003) and workers 50 ug/dl ( Doe Run 2003).Top lead in blood accepted 10 ug/dl; present day is 0 ug/dl ( Pediatric of Academy to USA)
When the Oroya city was in hands to the CentroMin eliminated only by the upper chimney to 167.500 meters, in average by day in tons: sulfur dioxide 1000, lead 2500, arsenic 2500, cadmium 40, particulate matter 50 and so on, more 24,000 to toxis gas product to the incomplete combustion of the coal, without count it is eliminated by industrial incinerator y by the 97 smalls chimneys, it is estimated 15,000; overall 45,000 tons for day (PAMA . El Complejo MetalÃºrgico de la Oroya, 1996); other research say that by this chimney only eliminate overall 119Â¨917,440 tons too every day to a velocity to 8.7 meters by second ( Chuquimantari C. Yauli-La Oroya MinerÃa y Ciudades Empresas PÃ¡g. 57, 1992)
Doe Run envoy every three months the concentrations of the heavy metals to the Ministry to the Energy and Mines and with the sames datums Ceverstav have demostrated the pollution was increased; for example the sulfur dioxide it have increased in near to 300 %, by increment to the production (Cederstav. La Oroya no Espera 2002
The American Association to the Environment say that the environmental quality to the Oroya it is serious deteriorated since that Doe Run was owner and the same enterprise
declared that the concentrations of the heavy metals gas it is ncreased in the air: lead 1160 %, cadmium 1990 % and arsenic 6006 % (Portugal, et al. Los Humos de Doe Run 2003)

By: straw bale

straw bale — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:33:36 +0000

This post reminds me of a small town in Tennessee with a landfill that has leaked terrible toxins and contaminated the soil for miles around. This small community has a terribly high cancer rate. This is a serious problem and effects the health of the entire world. Not just those directly effected by these terrible toxic chemicals.