Author: paulsen

On Monday a mine explosion killed six, just days after a similar explosion killed 28. The same day, an explosion at the Xingyu Group Iron Works killed four more, bringing the total death toll to the day to twenty.  Also on Monday, workers discovered  36 bodies out of 83 miners trapped on Friday.  These deaths… Continue reading 10 Coal Miners Killed on April 1st →

Give the past year’s record levels of air pollution, a new study examining leading causes of death worldwide stated that outdoor air pollution in China contributed to 1.2 million premature deaths in 2010.  This figure reconfigured amounts to 25 million healthy years lost.  This is the fourth largest cause of death in China, after “dietary… Continue reading Pollution costs China 25 million years annually →

This year’s strain of bird flu, H7N9, claimed its sixth life, engendering widespread fear in the megalopolis of Shanghai. In response the city has slaughtered 20,000 birds and has begun inspecting chicken farms countrywide. In uncharacteristic fashion the Chinese government appears substantially more open regarding the crisis. This comes in contrast to the outbreak of… Continue reading Another Round of Bird Flu →