Based on information found in Guardian, the Chinese government revealed today in its first census on pollution, which has mapped nearly 6 million sources of industrial, residential and agricultural waste. According to the study, agriculture is responsible for 43.7% of the nation’s chemical oxygen demand (the main measure of organic compounds in water), 67% of phosphorus and 57% of nitrogen discharges.
The survey, which took two years and 570,000 staff to complete, puts China ahead of other developing countries in having a detailed map of who is polluting and where…
Flickr Photo Download: Chengdu power plant and a strange pipeline.
