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Heavy Metals Pollute A Tenth Of China's Farmland-Report [1]

About one tenth of China's farmland is polluted by lead, zinc and other heavy metals to "striking" levels exceeding official limits, a government expert said according to reports on Monday.

Publication Date: 
08/11/2011
Chris Buckley [2]
Planet Ark (Australia) [3]
Tags:
China [4], Lead [5], Zinc [6], Agriculture [7], Land [8], Pollution [9], Land Pollution [10], Health Effects [11], Children [12], Water Supply [13], Water Pollution [14]
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