'Cancer Village' plant flouts ban
By Li Qian |
October 22, 2011, Saturday
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A CHEMICAL plant in southwest China's Yunnan Province has illegally resumed production after being ordered to shut down for dumping 5,000 tons of toxic chemical waste.
The polluting incident had led to clashes between residents from a settlement dubbed "Cancer Village" and the plant's security guards.
Last month, the Ministry of Environmental Protection ordered the Luliang Chemical Industry Co Ltd, in Xinglong Village, Qujing City, to suspend operations and clean up all toxic waste.
But villagers said the chemical processing plant has secretly resumed operations, Economic Information reported yesterday.
Luliang illegally dumped chromium-contaminated waste in Qujing City in June which polluted 43,000 cubic meters of water, killing 77 cattle, China Central Television reported earlier. The report linked pollution to the deaths of 11 villagers from cancer over the past 10 years.
Xinglong Village became known as "Cancer Village" after 14 villagers contracted lung cancer after inhaling compounds that contained chromium, CCTV said.
Villagers were allegedly beaten up by Luliang security guards when they tried to stop the operation of the plant.
Residents said abandoned chromium was still piled up around the village, had been used to surface roads and was washed by rain into a nearby reservoir.
They claim repeated complaints about illness, dead livestock and affected crops were ignored.
Environmental protection authorities in Luliang County, Qujing City and Yunnan Province all refused to respond, Economic Information said.
The polluting incident had led to clashes between residents from a settlement dubbed "Cancer Village" and the plant's security guards.
Last month, the Ministry of Environmental Protection ordered the Luliang Chemical Industry Co Ltd, in Xinglong Village, Qujing City, to suspend operations and clean up all toxic waste.
But villagers said the chemical processing plant has secretly resumed operations, Economic Information reported yesterday.
Luliang illegally dumped chromium-contaminated waste in Qujing City in June which polluted 43,000 cubic meters of water, killing 77 cattle, China Central Television reported earlier. The report linked pollution to the deaths of 11 villagers from cancer over the past 10 years.
Xinglong Village became known as "Cancer Village" after 14 villagers contracted lung cancer after inhaling compounds that contained chromium, CCTV said.
Villagers were allegedly beaten up by Luliang security guards when they tried to stop the operation of the plant.
Residents said abandoned chromium was still piled up around the village, had been used to surface roads and was washed by rain into a nearby reservoir.
They claim repeated complaints about illness, dead livestock and affected crops were ignored.
Environmental protection authorities in Luliang County, Qujing City and Yunnan Province all refused to respond, Economic Information said.
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