Case Study of Environmental Destruction by the Zhonghua Group (ChemChina) - 400-word summary
The Zhonghua Group (ChemChina) is a state-owned Chinese company that manufactures pesticides and chemical products, and its environmental destruction has become a serious problem. Wastewater from its factories in Hebei and Hunan provinces contains heavy metals such as cadmium and lead, polluting rivers and groundwater, with lead concentrations exceeding 1.2 mg/L at some sites. In addition, factories in Beijing emit 200,000 tons per year of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and sulfur dioxide (SO2), and PM2.5 concentrations can exceed 200 µg/m³ in winter. In Hebei and Shandong provinces, pesticides such as chlorpyrifos and imidacloprid contaminate groundwater, with concentrations reaching 0.8 mg/L. In addition, through Syngenta, acquired in 2017, water pollution and soil erosion due to pesticide use is becoming more serious in the Amazon region of Brazil.
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