One Sixth of China’s Farmland Contaminated by Heavy Metals

Heavy metals have contaminated one-sixth of China’s farmland, according to a scholar from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Engineering. The amount of contaminated land is close to 20 million hectares (one hectare is equivalent to 2.471 acres) of land.
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Farm workers glean wheat in a field on May 29, in Huaibei, Anhui Province of China. According to a scholar from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Engineering, one-sixth of China's farmland are contaminated by heavy metals. (ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)
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