...[T]rucks from the nearby factory pull into...[Shiniu] village...[and] the workers [dump] buckets of bubbling white liquid onto the ground... Luoyang Zhonggui High-Technology Co...[produces] polysilicon destined for solar energy panels sold around the world. But the byproduct of polysilicon production -- silicon tetrachloride -- is a highly toxic substance that poses environmental hazards... Shi Jun..., chief executive of Pro-EnerTech, a start-up polysilicon research firm...[said] "If this happened in the United States, you'd probably be arrested"... [After analysing] a sample of dirt from the dump site near the Luoyang Zhonggui plant...[Li Xiaoping, deputy director of Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, said] "Crops cannot grow on this, and it is not suitable for people to live nearby"... Wang Hailong, secretary of the board of directors for Luoyang Zhonggui, said it is "impossible" to think that the company would dump large amounts of waste into a residential area... However, Wang said the company does release a "minimal amount of waste" in compliance with all environmental regulations. [also refers to Suntech Power]