With China’s economic growth of more than 10%, the environment was forced to take a back seat. It’s the most populous country on earth and it is starting to show increased incidences of birth defects and some of the dirtiest air in the world.
It's so bad a new word for it has been coined: “Smogpocalypse”. The following photographs shows to prove that economic growth comes at a cost, and the long-term effects are still greatly unclear.
Thank you to National Geographic, Business Insider, CBS, and all-that-is-interesting for the images above.
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