Saturday, January 26, 2013

Capitalism and critically toxic conditions ~ difficult to fathom (The Big Picture - Boston Globe)




Vehicles run slowly in heavy fog in Hefei, central China's Anhui province, Jan. 14, 2013. Shares in a Chinese face mask manufacturer soared on January 15 as investors looked for opportunities to cash in on the severe air pollution that has blanketed large swathes of China. (AFP/Getty Images) #



Workers clean the heavily polluted Nanming River in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou province, Nov. 17, 2012. China will start assessing the "social risk" of major projects, after anti-pollution protests forced a series of industrial ventures to be cancelled. (AFP/Getty Images) #

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