Serbia: Red soot from China Steel Works: China’s Zijin Mining Group
-The cancer incidence rate soars in the town of Serbia-
Central Serbia
Radinac village
Five years ago, a Chinese company acquired a local steel mill.
After that, the incidence of cancer increased rapidly.
It seems that the cause is a large amount of red dust coming out of the factory.
The Serbian government is increasing pressure on Chinese companies to improve pollution.
Reuters
November 9th
Radinak Village:
The village of Radinak is only a few hundred meters away from the “Smederobo Steel Mill owned by a Chinese company”.
The village of Radinak is covered with red dust that is discharged daily from the factory.
The cancer incidence of villagers has quadrupled in the last decade.
Residents are calling on factories to reduce pollutant emissions or close factories.
The Epoch Times
https://www.epochtimes.jp/2021/11/81729.html
Chinese-owned steel mill coats Serbian town in red dust; cancer spreads
According to data from the Smederevo public health body,
which a watchdog called Tvrdjava obtained through a freedom of information request and shared with Reuters,
the municipality of around 100,000 people reported 6,866 cancer cases in 2019, up from 1,738 in 2011.
The plant says it has invested 300 million euros in technology and pollution reduction since China’s biggest steelmaker, Hesteel (000709.SZ),
bought it from the Serbian state for 46 million euros ($53 million) five years ago.
“We are all citizens of Smederevo…. Would we be working despite pollution, against ourselves and our children?”
the plant’s manager for environmental protection, Ljubica Drake, said in a statement to Reuters.