Eine lokale Dorfbewohner sieht bei der eingestürzten Häuser der anderen Dorfbewohner, die durch Aluminium - Umweltverschmutzung, in Qinjiarong Dorf gezogen hatte, Taoyuan County, Changde
A local villager looks at collapsed houses of other villagers, who had moved due to aluminum-pollution, in Qinjiarong village, Taoyuan county, Changde city, central China's Hunan province, 19 November 2014. Authorities at the central and local levels began investigating a pollution case in which an aluminum manufacturer is believed to have caused environmental damage in Central China. Environmental officials will probe into the contamination scandal in which Chuangyuan Aluminum Co Ltd was accused of discharging untreated waste, allegedly imposing health threats and causing crops to wither in Taoyuan county, Hunan province, the local government said on Sunday (7 December 2014). The case was exposed via social media by the Beijing News on Saturday, in which the newspaper suggested more than ten people have developed cancer due to the fluoride from company's aluminum processing projects. Pictures posted online show red-colored water seeping through solid waste. The polluted water then flows into the Yuanjiang River, a local waterway. Oranges grown in surrounding areas were also affected, with some fruits appearing in strangely green colors. A statement of Taoyuan county government said Sunday that data obtained by provincial and city-level environmental monitoring agencies showed the enterprise had met emission requirements in discharging waste gas and water, but "has problems in disposing solid waste." The enterprise failed to follow environmental requirements in the construction of a landfill to dispose electrolytic aluminum, said the statement. The county government said it will ramp up supervision for Chuangyuan and help residents in the area to relocate as soon as possible.
