Soil Contamination

Pollution devastates rural areas, threatens farmland

10 Apr 2013

Zhuang Guotai, the Ministry of Environmental Protection's director of nature and ecology conservation, said the accumulation of fertiliser, pesticides and animal waste - as well governments'...

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Beijing couple's tap water protest goes down the plughole

8 Jan 2013

A Beijing couple who said last week that they had not drunk tap water for two decades because of health and safety concerns told state media yesterday that the quality of the capital's drinking...

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Beijing researchers abstain from drinking city's 'deteriorating' tap water for 20 years

7 Jan 2013

Nitrate levels in Beijing’s water system are edging dangerously close to the maximum limit set by the state, according to a Beijing couple.

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China's heavy metal and chemical pollution worsening

6 Jan 2013

A senior environmental policy official has warned the mainland faces an "extremely grave" environmental crisis that will only worsen as pollution increases and the health problems its causes come...

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China should release data on polluted soil

29 Nov 2012

The high-profile emphasis on environmental protection at the Communist Party's 18th national congress was eye-catching. The news immediately boosted the A shares of environment-related industries...

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Living with a toxic time bomb

24 Jun 2012

Across the mainland, many once grimy industrial cities have enjoyed a makeover. Where countless factories once stood, now there are towering office blocks, luxury apartments and underground...

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Opinion

Hari Kumar

Workers pay the price for our bargains

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Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

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Most vegetables 'contaminated'

Almost every vegetable sample taken from major supermarket outlets in a recent survey contained pesticides - in one case seven times over the safety limit - Greenpeace said yesterday.

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City Digest

Teen in critical condition after dad's brutal attack

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letters

Illegal developments must be stopped

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'Use idle sites to ease land shortage'

An independent lobby group of professionals is urging the government to first develop underused and polluted rural sites - which together make up an area equivalent to half of the Kowloon...

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Pesticide use blasted as risk to children, pets

The Hong Kong government has been accused of being 'totally irresponsible' over health risks to humans and pets by failing to control adequately the use of potentially dangerous chemicals to kill...

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Milk cartons are recalled in scare over chemicals

Food safety watchdogs have ordered Hong Kong's Trappist Dairy to stop selling all milk products sold in cartons and recall those on shelves over fear of chemical contamination.

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