日韩午夜精品视频,欧美私密网站,国产一区二区三区四区,国产主播一区二区三区四区

Home / English Column / Environment / Environment -- What's New Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read
Nation Faces Soil Pollution Problems
Adjust font size:

Soil pollution is causing serious damage to environment and public health and is hindering the sustainable development of agriculture, a top environment official warned yesterday.

"It is estimated that nationwide 12 million tons of grain are polluted by heavy metals that have found their way into the soil each year," Zhou Shengxian, minister of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), said in a video conference.

"Losses (from the grain) have exceeded 20 billion yuan (US$2.5 billion)," he said.

Harmful substances accumulate in the soil, which are then absorbed by crops that are consumed by people. This, he said, will harm public health.

An incomplete investigation showed that currently 10 million hectares of arable land in China are polluted. More than 2 million hectares of soil is irrigated with wastewater, while 130,000 hectares of land is used to store waste materials, ministry figures show.

"Currently the control and prevention efforts are ineffective, because we lack some important information such as where the polluted soil is, and how it is polluted," Zhou said.

There is currently no legislation concerning soil pollution, nor is there a standard system for assessment, while some local officials lack understanding of the issue. These factors have created obstacle, Zhou said.

SEPA and the Ministry of Land and Resources will launch a three-year soil pollution survey with a budget of 1 billion yuan (US$125 million), it was announced yesterday.

China has 120 million hectares of arable land, 13 percent of its land area. This equates to 0.1 hectares of arable land per person, 40 percent the global average.

(China Daily July 19, 2006)

 

 

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read

Related Stories
Official Says China Faces 'Serious' Soil Pollution
Cross-cutting Challenges
Scientists Use Plants to Clean Area of Polluted Soil
Ferny Plant Helps Clean up Polluted Soil
Magic Plant Joins War on Pollution
 
SiteMap | About Us | RSS | Newsletter | Feedback
SEARCH THIS SITE
Copyright ? China.org.cn. All Rights Reserved ????E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-88828000 京ICP證 040089號
主站蜘蛛池模板: 宜兰县| 塔河县| 东城区| 宁国市| 陆良县| 鞍山市| 屏山县| 施甸县| 洛宁县| 华容县| 柯坪县| 红桥区| 清水河县| 太康县| 应城市| 郯城县| 自贡市| 丰宁| 吐鲁番市| 玛纳斯县| 措美县| 靖州| 孝感市| 玉林市| 鹰潭市| 玛纳斯县| 富阳市| 广丰县| 尼玛县| 邢台市| 新宁县| 金川县| 博乐市| 布尔津县| 大港区| 佛冈县| 淮北市| 通州区| 茌平县| 波密县| 出国|