- In China, there are thousands of dead pigs that float in the river that provides Shanghai with its drinking water. Over 50% of China’s surface water is so polluted that it remains impossible to be even treated to make it drinkable, whereas 60% of its groundwater is considered severely polluted.
- The Environmental Protection Agency's air quality scale that measures how safe the air is to breathe concluded that a pollution rating of 300 results in unsafe air, meaning one must stay indoors and have an air purifier on to clean the air. This also means one cannot move too much and try keep as still as possible. On January 12th 2013, the reading reached 886.
- In 2014, China was responsible for 27% of the greenhouse gas emissions, making it the largest in the world. This photo below is taken from space.
- There are also Cancer villages. Not just a few, 247 of them.
This is just the price that needs to be paid to maintain and strengthen the economy. And that’s all that is important.
You asked “What is wrong with our society today?”
Greed.
EDIT:
Looks like this answer stepped on some toes - I deleted the comments. The only valid argument against this answer is that the fact that I am singling out a single country, which seems fair. However, if I had to write about the shortcomings of the 195/196 countries in the world, the answer would be unbearably long. So I chose to write about China - the highest trees always catch the most wind. Anyone who denies the existence of the severe pollution in China ought to read up about it. My colleague at work has a daughter who is asthmatic, who went to China to go and teach - when she landed in the country, she left the airport in a stretcher. I am in no way bad-mouthing the country, I am highlighting facts that are supported by numerous articles. I feel sorry for the people who have suffer the effects of pollution, and also, the environment that is being destroyed for development.
Footnotes & Images
China's Top 6 Environmental Concerns
Rivers of blood: the dead pigs rotting in China's water supply
China's mainland home to 247 'cancer villages'
Here's What China's Air Pollution Looks Like From Space
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