GreenPeace will be there tomorrow.
Bush's/Wal-Mart's fault.
where do three billion people pee?
If they polute anything else, the Taiwanese can just come over and repopulate China.
They are already here. They own large farms in southern California. They send the produce of the farms to China.
Most places in Asia commonly fertilize fields with human waste.. including China.. not only are waterways polluted by so is the land..
Try the air!!
[SARCASM]It's Karl Rove's fault... he poisoned the waterways of china! I bet he did it to make Bush look good and such.... make the U.S. look cleaner.[/end sarcasm]
FYI: There is NO threat of famine in China. Period. Ever.
From a cultural perspective, if invited to dinner, there is always more food prepared than can be eaten and you must leave food on your plate after a meal. Otherwise you will signal to your Chinese host that you did not get enough and will be propted to eat more.
The whole infrastructure of China is set up around providing jobs and ensuring the food supply. This keeps the nationalism strong.
Plus this crew eats everything. Take chicken's feet for instance, mmm. Sometimes it is best not to ask. I did this after a particularly tasty but unfamiliar bit of food. What was it? duck tongue. It wasn't as appealing afterwards.
Does anyone notice that the worst pollution problems in the 20th Century all occurred in Communist countries? Look at the many industrial waste sites in the former Soviet Union--they make the infamous Love Canal fiasco seem like an extremely minor incident in comparison.
What is the USA percentage?
And the other 30% are drying up. Outlaw regimes like Red China are the hardest on the environment of any states on earth, and always will be. China has several Achille's heels, and this is one of them
The Kyoto treaty would solve this.... oops! Maybe not.
More U.S. Waterways Polluted by Mercury, New EPA Data Reveals
Problem Underscores EPA's Failure to Control Toxic Pollution, Says NRDC
WASHINGTON (August 24, 2004) -- More of America's waterways are polluted by mercury, leaving locally caught fish unsafe to eat, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's newly released summary of state fish consumption advisories (data available here). The advisories, issued by state health and environmental officials in 48 states, warn people to avoid eating fish contaminated by mercury, PCBs, dioxin and other industrial pollutants. Mercury, a poison that interferes with the brain and nervous system, is the pollutant of concern for most state fish advisories, with 45 states issuing mercury advisories in 2003. Eating mercury-laden fish can cause serious health problems, especially for children and pregnant women.
According to EPA's summary of 2003 data, three states -- Montana, Washington and Wisconsin -- now have statewide consumption advisories for mercury, raising the total to 21 states with statewide advisories for mercury contamination in every freshwater lake and/or river. Twelve states have statewide advisories for mercury contamination covering all their coastal water. In addition, the number of river miles with mercury contamination warnings nationwide has jumped 60 percent since 2002; likewise the number of mercury-contaminated lake acres has increased 8 percent.
Send Bobby Kennedy, Jr. He can fix it. And, after all, they sent us the bird flu, we can at least send them the bir brain.