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Guardian: Workers drain away polluted water near the Zijin copper mine in Shanghang on July 13, 2010, after pollution from the mine contaminated the Ting river, a major waterway in southeast China's Fujian province Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Even on the hottest summer days, few women wear skirts in Bitian village. They do not want to expose their feet, which are covered with festering blisters from the water of the Ting River.
The pollution disaster here, in Fujian province, eastern China, has brought......
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