Chemical laws in China

Students and parents at the Changzhou Foreign Languages School had complained since December about pollution in the area, after dozens of children came down with rashes and nosebleeds, and a foul stench surrounded the school. But local officials dismissed their concerns, saying that the air, soil and groundwater met national standards


On Sunday, the government’s powerful national broadcaster, China Central Television, aired a scathing report documenting the illnesses and finding that toxins in the soil and water far exceeded national limits. The broadcast of the report suggested that China’s leaders were taking a more aggressive stance toward chemical companies at a time when public anger over environmental pollution is mounting, especially in the aftermath of a chemical disaster last year that killed 165 people in the port city of Tianjin.

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