I know its hard to keep the incidents of environmental poisonings straight in China. Today’s post involves the more than 300 children living in the shadow of a lead and zinc smelting facility in Fengxiang county, Shaanxi province who have been reported with levels of lead in their blood so high they were exhibiting symptoms [...]
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Poisoning Victims Blamed for Breathing
August 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: air pollution · environmental enforcement · environmental tort · rural pollution
Environmental Torts in China
July 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
This news item was pointed out to me by my friend and fellow Shanghai-based environmental lawyer, Dayton Carpenter.
A judgment of RMB80,000 has been entered against the Korean WFOE, Cangzhou Chengyuan Cosmetics Co Limited (Chengyuan) for the cancer death of a neighbor to its facility in Hebei Province.
Here are the facts as we know them: Chengyuan [...]
Tags: environmental tort