We need unfettered capitalism. ..mumble mumble....Socialists!!...mumble mumble...self-correcting market!!!...mumble mumble... Much of Chinas arable land is polluted Fully 40 percent has been degraded by erosion, salinization, or acidification—and nearly 20 percent is tainted by industrial effluent, sewage, excessive farm chemicals, or mining runoff. The pollution makes soil less productive, and dangerous elements like cadmium have turned up in rice crops. Chinese rivers have been vanishing since the 1990s as demand from farms and factories has helped suck them dry. Of the ones that remain, 75 percent are severely polluted, and more than a third of those are so toxic they cant be used to irrigate farms, according to a 2008 report by the Chinese government. According to the World Bank, Chinas average annual water resources are less than 2,200 cubic meters per capita. The United States, by contrast, boasts almost 9,400 cubic meters of water per person
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:20:32 +0000