From AP via The Washington Post:
China’s smog-choked cities and contaminated waterways are leaving many people sick and unable to work, in turn fomenting unrest and threatening the country’s economic growth, an international think-tank said Tuesday in a government-requested report.
Concluding an 18-month review, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said China’s severely polluted environment has caused “significant damage to human health,” hurting the country’s prospects for continued economic expansion….[Full Text]