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.
One Sixth of China’s Farmland Contaminated by Heavy Metals
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/114933047.jpg" alt="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)" title="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)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1770743"/></a>
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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