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11-21-2007 12:42 AM
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righthand says:
"It was only when pollution literally started to bloom across the lakes of China earlier this summer that the country's leaders finally sounded full alarm on the environment. Blue-green algae blooms choked Lake Taihu - China's third biggest source of freshwater - in May, forcing 5 million people to use bottled water for drinking and bathing.

"Soon after, local media were reporting outbreaks across the country. Rancid blooms contaminated Dianchi Lake in southwestern China, then Xinlicheng reservoir, the main source of water for Changchun - a northern city of almost 3 million people. In every case, pollution - either from factories, fertilizer or untreated sewage - was to blame.

"Algae blooms are nature's response to discharges of nitrogen and phosphorus. Grown to excess, they choke waterways of oxygen, killing fish and fouling the air with a putrid smell. When prime minister Wen Jiabao visited Lake Taihu, he reportedly described it as an environmental wake-up call to the nation."
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11-21-2007 11:08 AM
kkcapricorn
I think they should consider renaming the Yellow River. It seemed kind of reddish-pink to me.
11-21-2007 3:08 PM
PeaceWatcher
Is it too late...?
11-23-2007 3:17 AM
cegjazzman54
truly sad...
11-23-2007 5:42 AM
kankan
Pezdets.
All this fucking pollution will kill us. I don't want to be dead as a result of fucking Chinese manufacture expansion. DO NOT BUY CHINESE GOODS!
11-23-2007 8:51 AM
righthand
Let's not lose the run of ourselves. I had a reluctance about posting this as it might release some racially motivated comments. A few points.

First. They are polluting themselves. Many Western Companies committed their worst sins in third world countries that they were stripping dry of their merger resources. You are living off the fat of this exploitation while the natives environment is destroyed forever.

Second. We've being pollution for a heck of a long time. They are new boys comparatively.

Three. I trust them more to provide solutions in the near future unlike with capitalism where the profit motive will trump the environment every time. You need look no further than the motivatio...
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