Is the pollution in Linfen, Shanxi really serious?

According to the redorbit website, the International Environmental Research Organization has recently listed the top ten cities with the most serious pollution in the world, among which Linfen, Shanxi, China is on the list.

Linfen was lucky enough to win the title of the world's top ten dirtiest cities, ranking fifth.

A large number of small coal mines are mined and dug indiscriminately without safety guarantee. Therefore, coal ash pollution is serious, and coal ash is everywhere in the air and water. Local residents joked that they suffocated in coal dust almost every night.

Top Ten Polluted Cities in the World in 2006

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Linfen ranks sixth among the world's polluted cities, and has been the first polluted city in China for three consecutive years. It is incredible to see the description of Linfen pollution on the website, attached below. Although I have lived in Linfen for nearly 20 years, I may be used to it, but I didn't expect Linfen to be so polluted. Linfen is located in the south of Shanxi, where the ancient emperor Yao established his capital, and is known as the first capital in the world. A kind of * * knowledge in China's cultural circles is: China sees Shenzhen for ten years, Shanghai for a hundred years, Beijing for a thousand years, Shaanxi for three thousand years and Shanxi for five thousand years. Shanxi's history and culture are concentrated in Linfen. From "the first capital in the world" to one of the top ten polluted cities in the world, the transformation of Linfen is staggering.

The air is filled with black dust, choking people's noses; You can't see the sun here at ten o'clock in the morning, although everyone knows that the sun is overhead. The water is brown and black, with a foul smell and a lot of white foam piled on it. Cultivated land continues to reduce production, potatoes are deformed, and wheat is not harvested; There may be dangerous mined-out areas under houses, highways and factories. Residents suffocate in coal dust almost every day; Over the years, the birth defect rate of newborns here is also recognized as the highest in the world.

This is Linfen, Shanxi, an energy-based city with shocking pollution and huge productivity benefits.

10 10 18, new york-based blacksmith research institute listed it as one of the top ten polluted cities in the world in 2006. If the report of this institution is not authoritative enough, then the official report of China can also be used for reference: Since 2004, Linfen has been the first city in China for three consecutive years.

Pollution is accompanied by frequent mine accidents and despised lives. Linfen is, and so is Shanxi. Since June 165438+ 10, there have been three major coal mine accidents in Shanxi in eight days, with the death toll exceeding 10.

Fearing pollution, disease and safety, a large number of residents began to move out with their life savings, and the continuous influx of new immigrants could not slow down the outflow of talents and resources.

Although its fiscal revenue is increasing at a rate of about 1 100 million yuan every year, Cui, a key member of a local government think tank, believes that the development of Linfen is a "fool model": the output value of the steel casting industry with high energy consumption and high pollution accounts for 60% of the city's GDP. The price of ignoring the environment and people's health is that a thousand-year-old ancient capital has almost become a city shrouded in dust and waste gas.

Politicians in this city have revealed their anxiety, but is cleaning up the environment an urgent task? Linfen, as one of the most important energy bases in China, can only move forward with heavy load for a long time and continue to contribute coal, iron and coke to the country.