China water contamination affects 2.4m after oil leak - Polidicks

[quote]China's biggest oil company has been blamed for water contamination affecting over 2.4 million people in Lanzhou. State media said the city's environmental protection chief, Yan Zijiang, blamed it on a leak from a pipeline owned by a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation. The pipeline is now being repaired. Lanzhou is the capital of north western Gansu province. Lanzhou Petrochemical Co., is the subsidiary of state-owned CNPC believed to own the affected pipeline.[/quote] [url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27002602[/url]

Pretty minor for China, all things considered. The total area it was in has 26 or so million people.

China and pollution is insanely common so this will surprise no one sane. it's a shame too, china's country-side is so [B]amazing[/B]. [t]http://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/picture/lorddread/china.jpg[/t][t]http://www.8thingstodo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/China.jpg[/t][t]http://www.zastavki.com/pictures/originals/2013/World___China_Chinese_Wallin_the_mountains_042082_.jpg[/t][t]http://www.china-tour.cn/images/China_Pictures/Huangshan_Pictures/Huangshan_10.jpg[/t][t]http://www.china-tour.cn/images/China_Pictures/Chinese_Mountains/Taishan_Mountain.jpg[/t] however, China is only best known for its pollution. It's really crazy, in contrast to such amazing landscapes, it has this [url]http://totallycoolpix.com/2013/02/water-pollution-in-china/[/url] [t]http://www.earthtimes.org/newsimage/pollution-chinese-air-people_9313.jpg[/t][t]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/chinasky013013/c21_59899410.jpg[/t][t]http://chairmanmigo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/China-pollution.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=J!NX;44527172][t]http://chairmanmigo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/China-pollution.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] oh god what is that green shit

[QUOTE=JXZ;44527395]oh god what is that green shit[/QUOTE] [t]http://totallycoolpix.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/20130222_china_water_pollution/china_water_pollution_003.jpg[/t]

Everytime I look at photos of the Chinese Countryside, I am dumbfounded. Sure you hear about what the countryside looks like in literature, but most people hardly venture anywhere into the countryside, so you don't get many photos outside of things from the Chinese government.

[QUOTE=JXZ;44527395]oh god what is that green shit[/QUOTE] Exactly what is says on the box... green shit

[QUOTE=J!NX;44527172]China and pollution is insanely common so this will surprise no one sane. it's a shame too, china's country-side is so [B]amazing[/B]. -images- however, China is only best known for its pollution. It's really crazy, in contrast to such amazing landscapes, it has this [url]http://totallycoolpix.com/2013/02/water-pollution-in-china/[/url] -images- [/QUOTE] I still can't believe that a country so polluted could be so beautiful.

[QUOTE=J!NX;44527172]Pictures of China...[/QUOTE] You can find contrast like that in every country in the world. It's just that West takes every chance they get to shit all over China.

[QUOTE=AntonioR;44528323]You can find contrast like that in every country in the world. It's just that West takes every chance they get to shit all over China.[/QUOTE] That is not true. There are tight environmental regulations in europe that make sure the landscape wont turn into shit. Cars need to have catalytic converters, there is no need to throw shit into rivers because it is more comfortable to just let the garbage do their job. Otherwise we wouldn´t get to enjoy these views [IMG]http://www.gls-german-courses.de/uploads/tx_rgsmoothgallery/berlin-ueberblick.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.airport-nuernberg.de/163620/bamberg_altes_rathaus_regnitz.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;44528205']I still can't believe that a country so polluted could be so beautiful.[/QUOTE] problem is china has an endemic dump problem, people just haul shittons of trash out into fields and dump them there, and the goverment is too corrupt to crack down on it. this causes all sorts of shit running off into their water and everything, this is why there are people who are recycling cooking oil by making more cooking oil (this is bad) or why there's meat contamination, and all sorts of problems that stem from the lack of compident (or mafia run) trash and waste collection

[QUOTE=AntonioR;44528323]You can find contrast like that in every country in the world. It's just that West takes every chance they get to shit all over China.[/QUOTE] except it's way, way more extreme in china

[QUOTE=AntonioR;44528323]You can find contrast like that in every country in the world. It's just that West takes every chance they get to shit all over China.[/QUOTE] No not really. Have you seen China's air pollution? It's some of the worst in the world.

your mucus have to work so much in china, when you blow your nose it comes out grey/black.

[QUOTE=adam1172;44531847]your mucus have to work so much in china, when you blow your nose it comes out grey/black.[/QUOTE] Have been to shanghai and Beijing, can confirm. It's quite gross.

[QUOTE=JXZ;44527395]oh god what is that green shit[/QUOTE] Algea blooom probably.