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Chinas Toxic Water MAR 22, 2013?| TWEET On World Water Day, Id like to share with you a strong collection of images from southern China, showing local activists fighting against industrial pollution in their waterways, and cancer sufferers in so-called cancer villages, linked to pollution from hazardous chemicals. Earlier this year, Chinas environment ministry released a report officially acknowledging the existence of these villages for the first time and signaling its willingness to address toxic water pollution.?Greenpeace?reached out to World Press Photo award-winner?Lu Guang?and other photographers to bear witness and has allowed me to share their images here on World Water Day, in an effort to bring this environmental and human tragedy to the worlds attention. Photos and captions were provided by the photographers and Greenpeace.?[17 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate??Choose:??1024px??1280px A woman fetches water from the Yangtze river. Fifty families of fishermen live in Yanglingang village. They fish for their livelihood and have been drinking water from the Yangtze for decades. In the last few years, however, the river has been significantly polluted, and the fishermen noticed that the water has a strange flavor. Since 2003, factory construction has erupted all around Yanglingang. Today the little fishing village is surrounded by power plants, paper-making factories, and chemical plants.?(? Lu Guang/Greenpeace)? 2 Dongying Wei and her husband Guantong Shao have been investigating environmental pollution for over a decade. They have reported their findings to Chinese government officials and more than one thousand villagers have signed up to show their support. Despite this, nothing has changed. Wuli Village, Nanyang Town, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou City.?(? Fan Jing Cheng/Greenpeace)?#? 3 Dongying Wei records pollution levels from the wastewater ditches surrounding a chemical plant. Wuli Village, Nanyang Town, Hangzhou City.?(? Lu Guang/Greenpe