China's booming economy polluting sea - AFP

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Source: Agence France-Presse

China's booming economy polluting sea

Sat Aug 4, 1:20 AM ET

BEIJING (AFP) - China's booming economy is wreaking
havoc on the nation's coastal waters, with sewers often
spilling right into parts of the sea reserved for tourism or
aqua-farming, state media said Saturday.

This is the conclusion of a new survey of China's coastal
environment over the first six months of the year, published
by the State Oceanic Administration, the China Daily
reported.

According to the survey, 77 percent of 500 pollution outlets
monitored by the administration discharge more pollutants
than permitted, an 18 percent increase from the first half
of 2006.

Forty-two percent of the outlets monitored went into sea
fishery farms, often carrying pollutants such as phosphate,
ammonia and nitrogen, according to the paper.

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1. and every food item or useless walmart piece of crap US sheeple buy contributes to this horror-nt