LinkChina is beginning to see the effect of their rapid march toward industrialization. Nearly 25% of China's deaths are contributed to cancer, while the leading cause of death in China is lung cancer. This is all caused by the heavy industry, coal-fired power plants, and numerous factories have so saturated the air with pollution. The number one contributor to this pollution is coal. According to the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the burning of coal is responsible for 70 percent of the emissions of soot that clouds out the sun in so much of China; 85 percent of sulfur dioxide, which causes acid rain and smog; and 67 percent of nitrogen oxide, a precursor to harmful ground level ozone. Coal burning is also a major emitter of carcinogens and mercury, a potent neurotoxin. So coal is literally killing China.
Reaction: Wow this is scary. I mean I know that China has horrible pollution, but I didn't know it was so bad that their cancer rate increased so much. This makes me think that it could be America in a few years. If we don't stop burning coal we could be at this point or somewhere close to this point in a number of years. I think this is a wake up call for the world and shows that alternative energy should be integrated into societies, like China, that are really over populated because it could help with problems like this.
Questions:
1) Do you think America will be able to avoide this fate? Why or why not?
2) Why does China have such bad air pollution?
3) What could be done to fix China's problem?
This is crazy, this should be a warning to other countries that have high levels of air pollution. As our population increases, we need to monitor and control the amount of pollution we put into the air, and try to reduce it as much as we can.
ReplyDelete1. I think America will avoid this if we get rid of burning fossil fuels and other major causes of air pollution.
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