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Sep 20, 2006

Public is Key to Solving China Pollution Woes - Expert

Reuters: China needs major reforms in the way it handles environmental issues and increased public participation to resolve chronic water shortages and pollution, a leading environmentalist said on Tuesday. More than two-fifths of cities and tens of millions of rural residents pump used water directly into rivers, turning China's waterways into fetid cesspools. Chemical spills into rivers have forced a cut-off of drinking water supplies at least three times in the past year. "It's ...Link