Cancer villages in China

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Here is a story in the Daily Mail so obviously it must be bullshit right? That's the received wisdom from kneejerk lefties, yet how funny that the exact same story has been reported by the BBC and the Guardian. How the fuck can that be?

Decades of reckless pollution have spawned a string of toxic ‘cancer villages’, the Chinese government admitted for the first time yesterday.
In a rare admission, the Environment Ministry accepted the country’s 30-year breakneck industrial boom and lax laws had caused ‘many’ environmental disasters and led to a spike in cancer-related deaths.
'In recent years, toxic and hazardous chemical pollution has caused many environmental disasters, cutting off drinking water supplies, and even leading to severe health and social problems such as "cancer villages",' the ministry said in its damning report.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21545868

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/07/china-cancer-villages-industrial-pollution
 
Aoxomoxoa said:
Here is a story in the Daily Mail so obviously it must be bullshit right? That's the received wisdom from kneejerk lefties, yet how funny that the exact same story has been reported by the BBC and the Guardian. How the fuck can that be?

Decades of reckless pollution have spawned a string of toxic ‘cancer villages’, the Chinese government admitted for the first time yesterday.
In a rare admission, the Environment Ministry accepted the country’s 30-year breakneck industrial boom and lax laws had caused ‘many’ environmental disasters and led to a spike in cancer-related deaths.
'In recent years, toxic and hazardous chemical pollution has caused many environmental disasters, cutting off drinking water supplies, and even leading to severe health and social problems such as "cancer villages",' the ministry said in its damning report.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21545868

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/07/china-cancer-villages-industrial-pollution
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The Chinese government admitted for the first time yesterday? So the TV programme on the same subject several months ago and discussing the reasons for this tragedy were what? Lucky happenchance by a renegade TV station that managed to avoid scrutiny?
But its a much better story if the Mail breaks it, isnt it! Or if the BBC uncovers a secret truth?
 
Lowaicue said:
The Chinese government admitted for the first time yesterday? So the TV programme on the same subject several months ago and discussing the reasons for this tragedy were what? Lucky happenchance by a renegade TV station that managed to avoid scrutiny?
But its a much better story if the Mail breaks it, isnt it! Or if the BBC uncovers a secret truth?
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I was just trying to point out that you seem to think that the Mail just makes up shit so I also gave you links to other sources. Here is yet another source saying the same thing, there is a world of difference between exposing the environmental disaster unfolding in China and the government officially admitting it. I am sure I don't have to tell you about "face"

http://cancerkick.com/2013/02/23/china-admits-pollution-brought-about-cancer-villages/
 
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