China ‘Cancer Village’ Pays Ultimate Price for Growth
Reuters reports on Liukuaizhuang, Tianjin, where one in fifty people have been diagnosed with cancer over the past ten years:Three decades of reforms and opening up since 1978 have transformed China from a rigidly ideological backwater into the world’s fourth largest economy, lifting millions out of poverty, but not without a price. Nationwide there are dozens of places like Liukuaizhuang,December 14, 2008 7:03 PM



