THE SKINNY

The dirty side of China’s growth

175,375,000 registered vehicles (2004)

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74% of the country lives with air quality below gov’t standards (2003)

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30% of the country is “seriously affected” by acid rain (2003)

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21.2 billion tons of industrial wastewater (2003)

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23 billion tons of sewage (2002)

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2.8 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions (2000)

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148.5 million tons of garbage (2003)

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11.7 million tons of hazardous waste (2003)

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1.3 million metric tons of pesticides used (2003)

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Source: World Health Organization