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Heavy metal pollution in Hunan soil exceeds China’s limits by 1,500 times [1]

More than 1,500 times the permitted level of heavy metal has been found in soil in China’s south-central Hunan province, according to an unofficial environmental study.

Publication Date: 
02/12/2014
South China Morning Post [2]
Tags:
Environment [3], Pollution [4], Heavy Metals [5], China [6], Soil Resources [7], Arsenic [8], Lead [9], Mercury [10], Irrigation [11]
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