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Cadmium contaminated rice in China in 2013
01/01/2009
Details of a soil survey across China are not released by a Chinese Environment Ministry. Independent estimates from Nanjing Agricultural University from a 2007-2008 survey found about 10% of rice in China being contaminated by high levels of cadmium. Rice samples from markets in Guangzhou taken in May 2013 were found to be contaminated with cadmium. Lax enforcement of environmental laws during the period of rapid industrialization of the last 2 decades have left lasting damage to China's land and rivers.
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