China’s Arsenic-Laced Soil Harming Food, Health, Survey Shows
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China’s soil is laced with pollutants including mercury and arsenic, according to a nine-year government survey, posing a threat to agriculture and human health and raising new concern about the environmental costs of China’s three decades of economic growth.
Safety guidelines were breached in 16 percent of the 6.3 million square meters of land tested, with toxic pollutants also including cadmium, a radioactive material, the Ministry of Land and Resources said in a statement announcing the results.