Toxics from electronics firms blamed in cancers
By Wang Qingchu |
00:00 UTC+8 September 1, 2011
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TWO electronics makers in eastern China are accused of discharging waste water and gas into local rivers, causing a high incidence of cancer in local villages.
More than 20 villagers out of several hundred living in Tongxin and a few nearby villages have been diagnosed with cancer in the city of Kunshan, about 50 kilometers away from Shanghai, the Daily Business News reported yesterday.
Villagers blamed the pollution produced by Kaida Electronics Co Ltd and Dingxin Electronic Co Ltd for causing the high incidence of the fatal disease.
Kaida is located next to a kindergarten and a residential complex while Dingxin is close to the source of the local tap water, the report said.
The parent of Dingxin is Taiwan-based Unimicron Group, a supplier of global tech giant Apple Inc on Chinese mainland.
Twenty villagers, aged 45-86, have been diagnosed with or died of cancer in Tongxin since 2000.
"They either passed away or left the village," Zhu Zuping, whose wife had stomach cancer, told the newspaper. "There used to be several hundred villagers here, but now only 25 are left and most of them are seniors above 60."
Villagers have complained about thick dust, irritating odors and a humming noise hovering over the area day and night for the past few years.
"Dingxin dumps waste water into the sewage system and releases harmful gases every day," a villager surnamed Liu told the newspaper.
"The air was filled with the acid smell in summer," said Chen Jianming, a local villager. Chen pointed to a greenery area and added that the pipes through which Dingxin discharged its wastewater were buried underneath.
To solve the problem, the government of Yushan Township, which oversees Tongxin, will construct an 18-kilometer waste water drainage system network. Toxic water will be processed by the system, said Wang Yunfei, an official in charge of publicity of Yushan government.
Wang admitted that until the drainage system is completed, Kaida and Dingxin will continue to dump toxic water into the rivers.
"The government has curbed the two electronics makers' growth. Dingxin asked to expand its business in 2008, but was turned down by the government," Wang added.
More than 20 villagers out of several hundred living in Tongxin and a few nearby villages have been diagnosed with cancer in the city of Kunshan, about 50 kilometers away from Shanghai, the Daily Business News reported yesterday.
Villagers blamed the pollution produced by Kaida Electronics Co Ltd and Dingxin Electronic Co Ltd for causing the high incidence of the fatal disease.
Kaida is located next to a kindergarten and a residential complex while Dingxin is close to the source of the local tap water, the report said.
The parent of Dingxin is Taiwan-based Unimicron Group, a supplier of global tech giant Apple Inc on Chinese mainland.
Twenty villagers, aged 45-86, have been diagnosed with or died of cancer in Tongxin since 2000.
"They either passed away or left the village," Zhu Zuping, whose wife had stomach cancer, told the newspaper. "There used to be several hundred villagers here, but now only 25 are left and most of them are seniors above 60."
Villagers have complained about thick dust, irritating odors and a humming noise hovering over the area day and night for the past few years.
"Dingxin dumps waste water into the sewage system and releases harmful gases every day," a villager surnamed Liu told the newspaper.
"The air was filled with the acid smell in summer," said Chen Jianming, a local villager. Chen pointed to a greenery area and added that the pipes through which Dingxin discharged its wastewater were buried underneath.
To solve the problem, the government of Yushan Township, which oversees Tongxin, will construct an 18-kilometer waste water drainage system network. Toxic water will be processed by the system, said Wang Yunfei, an official in charge of publicity of Yushan government.
Wang admitted that until the drainage system is completed, Kaida and Dingxin will continue to dump toxic water into the rivers.
"The government has curbed the two electronics makers' growth. Dingxin asked to expand its business in 2008, but was turned down by the government," Wang added.
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