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Mad in China
Chinese villagers riot to keep polluting pharmaceutical plant closed |
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19 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Mad in China Chinese villagers riot to keep polluting pharmaceutical plant closed Thousands of Chinese protestors battled police for hours on Sunday night in an effort to stop a polluting plant from resuming operations. Villagers in Xinchang, China, 180 miles south of Shanghai, say corrupt local officials have refused to do anything about chemical wastes from the Jingxin Pharmaceutical Co. that have ruined crops, ... |
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| Topics: China, news, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics) |
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