Cancer Villages In China: A Terrifying Phenomenon
What is Where? Cancer villages in China is a phenomenon where certain areas are highly populated with cancer patients. Cancer villages is an unfortunate issue occurring in China, and we must put an end to this concern before the circumstances become unavoidable. There are approximately 459 cancer villages across 29 of China’s 31 provincial units, with the two exceptions being Tibet and Qinghai. The two largest cancer villages are Hebei and Henan (Lui, 2010, para 1) , and most of the cancer villages lie near the Yellow River, Pearl River and Changjiang River, because of water pollution (Lui, 2010, para 16). 7 million out of 1.3 billion people drink untreated water (Gilbert, 2011, para 3) and 23% of hazardous plants are …show more content…
Other countries will not want to seem like they are supporting cancer villages, and they also do not want to risk their health, since most of the food and crops they import from China are grown in cancer villages. Since China is one of the world’s largest exporting countries, people there who are ill could potentially spread their disease throughout the world from the products they manufacture, especially with items that we consume.
Furthermore, many people are dying because of these cancer villages, so there will not be any workers for jobs, which will decrease the income and ruin the economy. Crops and many aquatic species, such as fishes, are being killed by the water and air pollution, resulting in fewer resources for domestic consumption and trades with other countries. If China’s economy continues to decline, the economy of countries, who have ties with China, will also reduce because China is no longer able to sustain itself, and they do not have the resources nor services to export nor help other
What is Where? Cancer villages in China is a phenomenon where certain areas are highly populated with cancer patients. Cancer villages is an unfortunate issue occurring in China, and we must put an end to this concern before the circumstances become unavoidable. There are approximately 459 cancer villages across 29 of China’s 31 provincial units, with the two exceptions being Tibet and Qinghai. The two largest cancer villages are Hebei and Henan (Lui, 2010, para 1) , and most of the cancer villages lie near the Yellow River, Pearl River and Changjiang River, because of water pollution (Lui, 2010, para 16). 7 million out of 1.3 billion people drink untreated water (Gilbert, 2011, para 3) and 23% of hazardous plants are …show more content…
Other countries will not want to seem like they are supporting cancer villages, and they also do not want to risk their health, since most of the food and crops they import from China are grown in cancer villages. Since China is one of the world’s largest exporting countries, people there who are ill could potentially spread their disease throughout the world from the products they manufacture, especially with items that we consume.
Furthermore, many people are dying because of these cancer villages, so there will not be any workers for jobs, which will decrease the income and ruin the economy. Crops and many aquatic species, such as fishes, are being killed by the water and air pollution, resulting in fewer resources for domestic consumption and trades with other countries. If China’s economy continues to decline, the economy of countries, who have ties with China, will also reduce because China is no longer able to sustain itself, and they do not have the resources nor services to export nor help other