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45 Shocking Photos Showing How Bad Pollution In China Has Become

China has some stunningly beautiful natural landscapes, but they may not count for much when, in other parts of the country, pollution runs totally unchecked. These shocking photos show what severe pollution people have to deal with in some parts of China.

Beijing and other parts of China have already become notorious for their incessant clouds of smog, which present very real health risks to anyone not wearing dust masks. Unregulated dumping in various rivers throughout China is fairly common, as many of the photos in this series help illustrate.

Chinese leaders have vowed to get serious on air pollution, but change will be difficult in a country whose industry has expanded so rapidly. If you have any photos illustrating these difficulties, please add them to this list.

(h/t: allthatisinteresting)

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45 Shocking Photos Showing How Bad Pollution In China Has Become

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Fishermen Row A Boat In The Algae-filled Chaohu Lake In Hefei, Anhui Province

Girl Walks Through Smog In Beijing, Where Small-Particle Pollution Is 40 Times Over International Safety Standard

Child Drinks Water From Stream In Fuyuan County, Yunnan Province

Boy Swims In Algae-filled Water, Qingdao, Shandong

Journalist Takes A Sample Of Red Polluted Water From The Jianhe River

Worker Cleans Away Dead Fish At A Lake In Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province

Labourer Tries To Clean Up Oil From Water, Dalian, Liaoning

Workers Try To Drain Sewage Water From Leaking Sewage Tank, Shanghang, Fujian

Buildings In Beijing Surrounded By Smog

Child Swims In A Polluted Reservoir, Pingba

Boy Tries To Avoid Scattered Rubbish Floating On A Flooded Street In Shantou, Guangdong Province

Pollution From A Factory In Yutian, 100km East Of Beijing

Workers Clean Up Floating Garbage On The Yangtze Rive

Dead Fish In Water Filled With Blueish Algae, East Lake, Wuhan

Woman Collects Plastic Bottles Near River Polluted By Reddish Dye

Man Walks By Pipe Discharging Waste Water Into Yangtze River

Great Wall Of China, Shame.

Heavily Polluted River In Jiaxing, Zhejiang

Child Jumps Over Trash At A Village, Jiaxing

Fisherman Fills His Palms With Water From The Algae-filled Chaohu Lake In Hefei

Factory Polluting The Air

Fisherman Covered In Algae, Chaohu Lake

Woman Walks On Bridge Over Polluted River, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province

Girl And Her Father Collect Water From Puddle At Dried-up Reservoir, Baofeng County

Fishermen Collecting Fish In A Polluted Canal, Beijing

Workers Collect Dead Fish At A Park In Shenzhen, Guangdong Province

A Street Dog Naps Amoungst The Garbage - Northern China.

Over 3000 Dead Pigs Fished Out Of Huangpu River

Residents Look At A Heavily Polluted River, Zhugao, Sichuan province

The Price Of Rapid Industrialization - Western China's Xinjiang Province

Morning Smog In Beijing

Workers Clean Up Leaked Oil After An Oil Pipeline Explosion, Qingdao, Shandong

Fishermen Clean Up Oil At Oil Spill Near Dalian Port, Liaoning Province

Smog In Beijing

Heavily Polluted Lake In China

Flies Gather On Railings Because Of Polluted Water, East Lake, Wuhan

Fishermen Brave Heavy Smog Over A Natural Beauty Spot - Jixian, Tianjin.

Great Wall Of China, Call It "great"?

Smog Particles Mix With Fog And Settle At Ground Level In An Early Morning Freeze - Tianjin.

Heavily Polluted River

Pollution In Beijing From The Seventeenth Floor

Discarded Chemicals Seep In To The Soil - Pamir Mountain Range, Xinjiang.

Julija Nėjė

Julija Nėjė