Wired Report: China Had Pollution Deaths Nixed
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I’m not pleading for help for China, they’re big boys now. I’m just trying to call attention to the health of the world population and the dangers of commerce if unchecked. World WAKE UP!
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing persuaded the World Bank to cut from a report findings that pollution has caused about 750,000 premature deaths in China each year, the Financial Times reported.
…Produced with the cooperation of Chinese government ministries over several years, the report found the deaths took place mainly from air pollution in large cities, the Financial Times reported on its Web site late Monday, citing unnamed bank advisers and Chinese officials.
…Advisers to the research team for the report - “Cost of Pollution in China: Economic Estimates of Physical Damages” - told the Financial Times that health and environment ministry officials suppressed a detailed map showing which parts of the country suffered the most deaths and other information.
…Cut from the report were findings that air pollution levels in Chinese cities cause 350,000 to 400,000 premature deaths each year, the newspaper said.
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