China’s water pollution level higher than estimated in 2007 – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in February 10th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, pollution, Agricultural Waste, Environmental Problems, Government China, Government Survey, Pollution Level, Pollution Levels, Washingtonpost, Waste Water, Water Level, Water Pollution

A new government survey of China’s environmental problems has shown that water pollution levels in 2007 were more than twice the official estimate, largely because agricultural waste was ignored.
China’s water pollution level higher than estimated in 2007 – washingtonpost.com

State of the World’s Future

Posted by Matt in August 18th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Demographics, Energy, Water, general, Armed Conflict, Cereal, Energy Prices, Financial Crisis, Food Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Global Prospects, Great Depression, Half The World, High Energy, Larry Edelson, Lows, Mortgage Defaults, Root Cause, Social Instability, State Governments, Term Rally, Walk In The Park, War On Terrorism, Water Pollution, World Population, World Wide War

by Larry EdelsonI’ll discuss the state of the markets shortly. First, I’d like to discuss the state of the world’s future.
According to a long-term study just released by the U.S. Naval Services Department, a series of tipping points could dramatically alter the global prospects for economic growth and humanity — for the worse.
Right now, for [...]

India’s Threatened Water Supplies

Posted by Matt in October 23rd, 2007 | no comment

Published in India, Water, pollution, Birth Defects, Diseases, Drinking Water, Gastrointestinal, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Health Officials, Hexavalent Chromium, Infertility, Ore Mines, pollution, Population, Times Of India, tuberculosis, Water Pollution, Water Supplies

With the largest open-cast chromite ore mines in the world, Indiaâ€™s Sukinda valley endures significant pollution; 60 percent of the drinking water is contaminated with carcinogenic hexavalent chromium, affecting nearly 3 million people. Health officials say 85 percent (Times of India) of the population suffers from â€œpollution-inducedâ€ diseases and fatalities, such as gastrointestinal bleeding, tuberculosis, [...]

Beneath Booming Cities, China’s Future Is Drying Up

Posted by Matt in September 29th, 2007 | no comment

Published in China, Water, pollution, Chinese Public, Current Rate, Economic Expansion, Economic Juggernaut, Economic Power, Environmental Degradation, Groundwater, Hydrologist, International Repercussions, North China, Political Challenge, Pollution Problem, Pollution Reaches Deadly Extremes, Richard Evans, Ruling Communist Party, Three Decades, Water Crisis, Water Pollution, Water Resources, Water Scarcity

For three decades, water has been indispensable in sustaining the rollicking economic expansion that has made China a world power. Now, Chinaâ€™s galloping, often wasteful style of economic growth is pushing the country toward a water crisis. Water pollution is rampant nationwide, while water scarcity has worsened severely in north China â€” even as demand [...]