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Article

19 Aug 2004

Author:
Economist

A great wall of waste: China's environment

...the World Bank concludes that pollution is costing China an annual 8-12% of its $1.4 trillion GDP in direct damage, such as the impact on crops of acid rain, medical bills, lost work from illness, money spent on disaster relief following floods and the implied costs of resource depletion. [refers to Onyx (part of Veolia), Thames Water (part of RWE)]