16.1% of Chinese soil polluted
Updated: 2014-04-17 16:39
(Xinhua)
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BEIJING - About 16.1 percent of soil in the Chinese mainland suffer pollution, said a report from the Ministry of Environmental Protection Thursday.
About 19.4 percent of farming land are polluted, the report said.
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