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Tests by Greenpeace in Luliang county last month found extremely high levels of carcinogenic chromium, says Ma Tianjie, senior campaigner for the group's toxics department in China.

'Cancer villages' one offshoot of China's economic growth 2011

Tests by Greenpeace in Luliang county last month found extremely high levels of carcinogenic chromium, says Ma Tianjie, senior campaigner for the group's toxics department in China.

'Cancer villages' one offshoot of China's economic growth 2011

For years, Xinglong villagers, in Qujing's Luliang county, have petitioned local officials about the factories they accuse of contaminating their water and soil — and causing cancer rates to rise, says Cui, the farmer.

'Cancer villages' one offshoot of China's economic growth 2011

For years, Xinglong villagers, in Qujing's Luliang county, have petitioned local officials about the factories they accuse of contaminating their water and soil — and causing cancer rates to rise, says Cui, the farmer.

'Cancer villages' one offshoot of China's economic growth 2011

The initial blitzkrieg came in 2005, when the State Environmental Protection Agency, as it was then called, blacklisted thirty projects worth 119.7 billion yuan, then suspended all development approval in four of the worst pollution hotspots: Tangshan in Hebei, Luliang in Shanxi, Liupanshui in Guizhou, and Laiwu in Shandong.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

The gazetteer compiled in the Daoguang reign (1821 – 1850) listed over 220 villages in Luliang, among which nearly half were named after the above military terms. 72

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

An acrid stench assails the senses near the Luliang City Industrial Park, the thicket of polluting factories that locals blame for an outbreak of deadly tumours.

China's 'cancer villages' reveal dark side of economic boom Xinglong Jonathan Watts 2010

For example, in the Luliang Bazi originally only desert plants could grow, with low output.

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

The initial blitzkrieg came in 2005, when the State Environmental Protection Agency, as it was then called, blacklisted thirty projects worth 119.7 billion yuan, then suspended all development approval in four of the worst pollution hotspots: Tangshan in Hebei, Luliang in Shanxi, Liupanshui in Guizhou, and Laiwu in Shandong.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

The initial blitzkrieg came in 2005, when the State Environmental Protection Agency, as it was then called, blacklisted thirty projects worth 119.7 billion yuan, then suspended all development approval in four of the worst pollution hotspots: Tangshan in Hebei, Luliang in Shanxi, Liupanshui in Guizhou, and Laiwu in Shandong.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010