Pollution in China: Villagers are dying from cancer, over 60% have liver or lung cancer
- 9 years ago
In Hunan, located in central China, a village known to locals as “The Widows’ Village” is dying from cancer.
Over 60% of the village residents suffer from one form of cancer or another. There are just over 200 families living in the village, but 10% of working age males have died from cancer in the last 10 years.
This is because on one side of the village is a metal smelting factory, on the other side of the village is a chemical factory, and on yet another side is a coal processing factory.
The village is usually blanketed in a low hanging dark cloud of pollution, on particularly bad days, residents must seal their doors and windows to keep out the dust and pollution.
The villagers have petitioned the government to move the factories, but their pleas and requests have been ignored. Over 60% of the residents suffer from cancer, the most common cancers being liver or lung cancer. The youngest resident to die from cancer was just 32 years old. Many couples also suffer from cancer, their own fates and their children’s fates are unknown and held in the balance because of the disease.
One resident demanded: “Do all the men need to die before the government will pay attention to us?”
Then again, the government could just be trying to wait them out. If everyone dies there will be no one petitioning the factories to move.
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Over 60% of the village residents suffer from one form of cancer or another. There are just over 200 families living in the village, but 10% of working age males have died from cancer in the last 10 years.
This is because on one side of the village is a metal smelting factory, on the other side of the village is a chemical factory, and on yet another side is a coal processing factory.
The village is usually blanketed in a low hanging dark cloud of pollution, on particularly bad days, residents must seal their doors and windows to keep out the dust and pollution.
The villagers have petitioned the government to move the factories, but their pleas and requests have been ignored. Over 60% of the residents suffer from cancer, the most common cancers being liver or lung cancer. The youngest resident to die from cancer was just 32 years old. Many couples also suffer from cancer, their own fates and their children’s fates are unknown and held in the balance because of the disease.
One resident demanded: “Do all the men need to die before the government will pay attention to us?”
Then again, the government could just be trying to wait them out. If everyone dies there will be no one petitioning the factories to move.
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