This is from an article by CNN. It's very recent...March 2017
What I found eye-opening is that the water crisis is taking place in cities like Beijing and not just rural villages.
The residents of Dawu, in central China's Henan province, say they are being killed by their water.
The Ying River, a major tributary of the Huai River, passes near the village and has been heavily polluted for more than a decade -- photos show children playing by mountains of pink foam.
One villager, Wu Zongjun, says pollution has spread to the underground basins and water they use for irrigation.
"
Now) there are people passing away due to cancer every year," he says, adding he personally knew more than 20 people diagnosed in his village since 2010.
It isn't just hearsay -- in 2013, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report, showing a direct correlation between the Huai's water pollution and cancer risk in nearby villages, nicknamed Cancer Villages.
The plight of Dawu village is just one small part of a massive water crisis unfolding in China.
The problem isn't just the pollution that has contaminated much of northern China's groundwater -- there are also chronic shortages in the major cities, including the capital Beijing, that are putting the country's economic growth at risk.
What I found eye-opening is that the water crisis is taking place in cities like Beijing and not just rural villages.
The residents of Dawu, in central China's Henan province, say they are being killed by their water.
The Ying River, a major tributary of the Huai River, passes near the village and has been heavily polluted for more than a decade -- photos show children playing by mountains of pink foam.
One villager, Wu Zongjun, says pollution has spread to the underground basins and water they use for irrigation.
"
Now) there are people passing away due to cancer every year," he says, adding he personally knew more than 20 people diagnosed in his village since 2010. It isn't just hearsay -- in 2013, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report, showing a direct correlation between the Huai's water pollution and cancer risk in nearby villages, nicknamed Cancer Villages.
The plight of Dawu village is just one small part of a massive water crisis unfolding in China.
The problem isn't just the pollution that has contaminated much of northern China's groundwater -- there are also chronic shortages in the major cities, including the capital Beijing, that are putting the country's economic growth at risk.
4
