Millions of acres of China farmland too polluted to grow food

Monday, December 30, 2013 - 13:00 in Earth & Climate

More than eight million acres of China's farmland is too polluted with heavy metals and other chemicals to use for growing food, a Cabinet official said Monday, highlighting a problem that is causing growing public concern.

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