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This makes me wonder: If SV only has 20 something superfund sites from back when tech was very small, how many superfund sites does china have with their massiv

This makes me wonder: If SV only has 20 something superfund sites from back when tech was very small, how many superfund sites does china have with their massive factories?

briandear 9y ago
The entirety of China should be a Superfund site. I lived in Suzhou for about a year or so and Lake Tai nearby is pretty much radioactive [1] (figuratively, but it wouldn't surprise me if it were literally.) It seems that much of the surface water in China is extraordinarily polluted -- and I saw people fishing out of canals or waters near industrial sites as if they were in the Alaskan wilderness or something. There's likely a huge under-reporting of pollution-related illnesses. I know that respiratory illness statistics are an actual state secret -- you can't get access to the actual data on pollution-related illnesses. Chinese pollution is beyond crisis levels. All of this worry about the Paris agreement and CO2 -- that's nonsense: China has problems with actual pollution that kills people, such as benzene and other highly toxic chemicals and particulate pollution. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tai#Pollution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tai#Pollution
- dragonwriter 9y ago
  > The entirety of China should be a Superfund site. That would require a sizable expansion of EPA jurisdiction that might run into a few issues.
  - toomuchtodo 9y ago
    It might be a welcome change of pace from attempting to export “democracy” and “freedom” though.
- ams6110 9y ago
  This is why I won't buy food products from China. This includes almost any store brand or even name brand apple juice or juice blend that you'll find in the supermarket.
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