Cancer Village 8

Cancer Village 8, originally uploaded by http://www.flickr.com/people/chinapix/.

Ms. Ji Shaolian weeps for the recent death her husband as she holds his portrait in the polluted village of Liu Kuai Zhuang. Her husband died of lung cancer at 58. Locals say over 200 residents in the two villages have been diagnosed with diseases including bone, lung, liver and breast cancers, while a handful of children are suffering from leukemia. A report on the People's Daily website, quoting Tianjin health authorities, said the rates of cancer in Liukuaizhuang and Xiditou were 1,313 and 2,032 per 100,000 people, way above the national average of 70 per 100,000 people.

Read Richard Spencer's story at The Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/31/wchina31.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/05/31/ixnews.htm