Quality of arable land 'worrying'
By Wu Wencong | China Daily | Updated: 2014-04-18 07:11
Many soil samples in study have excessive levels of pollution
Pollutants in more than 16 percent of Chinese soil exceed national standards, an official report said on Thursday.
For arable land, the figure rises to almost 20 percent, said the report issued by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Land and Resources.
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