Wednesday, July 4, 2012

The dirty truth about China's incinerators

ChinaDialogue: Xie Yong could be called a pioneer. He is one of very few to date to sue a Chinese government agency over its unlawful refusal of requested data. His crusade for change has little to do with civic altruism, however. Xie's struggle is personal in nature, his actions forced by desperation. He has been battling his son's paralysis-causing epileptic seizures and mounting health care costs since 2010. His son's condition, Xie believes, is the result of toxic emissions from an incineration plant near his...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/04/dirty-truth-chinas-incinerators
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Environment/Pix/columnists/2012/7/4/1341411510779/-incinerator-at-a-plant-i-008.jpg

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