Shangba

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Shangba
上坝村
Village
Shangba is located in Guangdong
Shangba
Shangba
Location in Guangdong
Coordinates: 24°27′39″N 113°48′48″E / 24.4607°N 113.8133°E / 24.4607; 113.8133Coordinates: 24°27′39″N 113°48′48″E / 24.4607°N 113.8133°E / 24.4607; 113.8133
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGuangdong
Prefecture-level cityShaoguan
CountyWengyuan
TownXinjiang
Shangba
Traditional Chinese上壩村
Simplified Chinese上坝村

Shangba is a village of about 3,300 people administered by Xinjiang Town in Wengyuan County, Guangdong.[1][2][3] It is an agricultural village, with rice and sugar cane being major crops. In 2007 the village acquired the nickname China's "Village of Death" [4] due to the extremely high incidence of cancer in its population.

In addition, the local river, the , known locally as "The Dead River", is Shangba's only water supply, and it has become so polluted that it is endangering the health[clarify] of those living nearby.[5] One of the major pollutants in the river and well water is lead, which a provincial research institute reported as being present in the well water at some fifteen times what the national government set as a maximum acceptable rate for drinking water.[6]

The presumed source of the pollution is the for zinc, once Asia's largest mine for this mineral. The village's crops are also highly contaminated.[7][8]

In 2020 it was reported that over 1 billion Yuan was spent on soil remediation and improved mining processes, reducing the level of pollutants considerably.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ 新江镇 [Xinjiang Town]. National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014. (in Chinese)
  2. ^ 2017年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：新江镇 [2017 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Xinjiang Town] (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018. 440229114204 220 上坝村委会
  3. ^ 新江镇 [Xinjiang Town] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2018. 【2011年代码及城乡分类】440229114:{...}～204 220上坝村{...}
  4. ^ "China's 'cancer villages' pay price". BBC News. 17 January 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  5. ^ "CNN.com - Paging Dr. Gupta Blog". Cnn.com. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  6. ^ [1] Archived 27 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Red river brings cancer, Chinese villagers say". Cnn.com. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  8. ^ "CNN.com - Transcripts". Transcripts.cnn.com. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  9. ^ "抓环保 大宝山重获新生-新华网". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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