Govt targets land pollution
By Wu Jiao | China Daily | Updated: 2008-06-20 07:40
Villager Yang Xiaogang looks out at corn fields that have been submerged allegedly by polluted water from a nearby paper mill in Xiangfen, Shanxi province, in this file photo. Li Dianping |
The Ministry of Environmental Protection is strengthening measures to hold polluting companies accountable for land pollution amid increasing public health hazards triggered by soil pollution.
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