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China's pollution control measures include pollutant and carbon emissions trading systems. [15]: 76–80 Pollutant trading is a regional cap-and-trade program for the trading of emissions permits for pollutants like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in industrial waste air, and ammonia nitrogen and chemical oxygen demand in wastewater.
The immense population growth in the People's Republic of China since the 1980s has resulted in increased soil pollution. [citation needed] The State Environmental Protection Administration believes it to be a threat to the environment, food safety and sustainable agriculture. 38,610 square miles (100,000 km 2) of China's cultivated land have been polluted, with contaminated water being used ...
China is experiencing an increase in environmental complaints: In 2005, there were 51,000 disputes over environmental pollution, according to SEPA minister Zhou Shengxian. From 2001 to 2005, Chinese environmental authorities received more than 2.53 million letters and 430,000 visits by 597,000 petitioners seeking environmental redress. [9]
Various forms of pollution have increased as China has further industrialized, which has caused widespread environmental and health problems. [36] China has responded with increasing environmental regulations and a build-up of pollutant treatment infrastructure which have caused improvements on some variables.
China RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances), officially known as Administrative Measure on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products [1] is a Chinese government regulation to control certain materials, including lead.
China is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG) and many major Chinese cities had severe air pollution through the 2010s, [69] with the situation improving in the 2020s. [70] The scheme is run by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment , [ 67 ] which eventually plans to limit emissions from six of China's top carbon dioxide emitting ...
Wildlife in China share habitat with and bear acute pressure from the world's largest population of humans. At least 840 species are threatened, vulnerable or in danger of local extinction in China, due mainly to human activity such as habitat destruction, pollution and poaching for food, fur and ingredients for traditional Chinese medicine. [12]
Starting 10 June 1968, the Japanese Government passed the Air Pollution Control Act which regulated all sources of air pollutants. As a result of the 1968 law, dispute resolutions were passed under the 1970 Air Pollution Dispute Resolution Act . As a result of the 1970 law, in 1973 the first installment of four sets of new emissions standards ...