Eliminate Toxic Chemicals

Toxic chemical pollution is a real and deadly danger for many people in China. Some 320 million people here lack access to clean drinking water, while 700 million more are drinking contaminated water.

Over the last three decades, China's economic development has transformed the country, replacing fields and forests with thousands of factories.

Though the factories may bring wealth, they also severely pollute China's precious water resources. The widespread dumping of toxic chemicals and industrial wastewater has poisoned rivers and groundwater – and the people who rely on them.


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Textile towns in the shadows of pollution

Video | 2013-03-28 at 6:00

"If... we don't say anything, don't pay any attention, what will future generations do? How will they survive in this type of pollution? When our descendants come to pay their respects, they won't thank us. They will say, what were our...

Actress Sun Qian: "As Mother Earth raised us, we too must love her"

Video | 2012-08-21 at 7:30

Chinese actress Sun Qian, better known as Auntie Jin Xi from the television costume drama Zeng Huan Zhuan, shares her passion for protecting the environment and the dangers of toxic dust in the household. Head to PMwojia.com (in Chinese) to...

Washed posters expose fashion industry's dirty secret

Video | 2012-03-22 at 11:25

To mark World Water Day, Greenpeace activists, volunteers and the general public paste and wash posters in cities around the world. The action was part of the ongoing " Detox " campaign calling on the fashion industry to eliminate hazardous...

3D street art highlights toxics in clothing

Video | 2012-03-22 at 11:00

Planet Street Painting artists were commissioned by Greenpeace to make a giant 3D painting on the sidewalk of the World Fashion Centre. The piece highlights how global fashion brands have turned us into unwitting polluters . We tested...

Farmers in Yunnan talk to Greenpeace about the pollution of their water

Video | 2011-08-30 at 18:43

(In Chinese) Local farmers discuss the changes that have taken place since the contamination of the water supply.

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