Environment Magazine

Bi Nanhe full 73 km km, Bishan County, the largest of a sub-stream flow. Bi Nanhe 10 years ago, fish in groups, clear bottom, is the source of drinking water rivers residents. 10 years later, bi Nanhe, smelly black water, fish disappeared. River bank some villagers high incidence of cancer, a heart of pain in Bishan county county government.

22 days, reporters came to the town of Bishan county to the wind and other places on the bi Nanhe investigate the pollution of rivers shocking. The determination of pollution in Bishan county has been under county government: County Procuratorate will be a bi Nanhe the prosecutor, on behalf of bi Nanhe River farming polluters to sue. This will be our first Environmental protection Public interest litigation. Sun Kawamura

to town residents in the wind high cancerTown of Bishan County, to the wind from the Sun Kawamura Bi Yu Courtyard Nanhe are only separated by a road. To the wind in the town of Basin, Bi Nanhe the garbage floating in the colorful, a huge black water, into the river from the road side. Walking along the street, the river winds past, waves of stench makes dizziness, vomiting.

Four captain Xieyou Zhen Sun Kawamura told reporters that 10 years ago, Bi Nanhe clear water, river fish in groups, are residents in the vicinity of drinking water. Now, motorcycle parts, plating, Plastic Build up such plants, coupled with the village population increased, village life Sewage All vertical bi Nanhe, the water stink, not to mention the drinking water, that is, vegetables, watering crops can be used not. Xieyou Zhen said that the recent two years, the county government shut down many polluting enterprises, or River Water Pollution Also increased.

Sun Yuguang Yun Kawamura said 58 villagers, from the river near his home, his family used to solve Water Q Title, he spent 1,000 yuan to find someone to hit a 50 meters deep, but, well water is a bi South River Baptist came, eating up a bad odor. Yuguang Yun beat reporter called up a bucket of well water, well water turbidity saw, bending over a news reporter, really sent a foul odor.

“Not only the water unpalatable, we here more and more cancer patients.” 22, Sun villagers Kawamura told reporters. The youngest patient Zhang Terada (voice) died only 20 years old, is lymphoma.

Sun Chan Kawamura branch secretary said that because of heavy pollution, many people got the villagers Sun Kawamura liver and lung cancer. In the village committee office, Chan found the village family planning statisticians, statisticians tables turn the village told reporters the death, from October 2008 to the end of September 2009, the village death toll was 21 people, 8 of them died in cancer; from October 2009 to February of this year, the village killed 16 people total, including seven who died of cancer.

Statisticians said that from October 2008 so far, 37 people died Sun Kawamura total, of which 15 were cancer patients, accounting for more than 40% of the village died, Sun Kawamura incidence of cancer is indeed higher than in other villages.

Chan told reporters that at present, more than 3,000 people in the village, more than half drink tap water, but there are more than 1,000 villagers Drinking water Difficult. The village has always wanted to make a well water testing, understand what hazardous substances which in the end, but suffered from financial difficulties, testing has not been made.

Bishan package set of 68 paragraphs long river pollution22 days, Bishan County Environmental Protection Agency official told reporters that at present there are 34 bi Nanhe River polluting enterprises, 210 farms. Bi Nanhe’s pollution comes mainly from farms, the living sewage and sewage businesses.

County Environmental Protection Agency official said, last year, county county government has decided; 2 years of substandard sewage companies, should be closed down; this year, 36 ducks must be closed.

End, Bishan county government launched in the county of responsibility for the river reach of the river pollution is responsible for the system.