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ǎ Social Issue
The Severe Environmental Problem:
Smog in China
The main cause of the smog is because China
is using cheap, low-quality fuels in the process
of their economic growth. For example, the use
of low quality fuels in houses and companies
for heat and this use in factories for producing
products are the biggest reasons why smog
exists. Also, since China has a large land area,
If you hear the word Shanghai, what view
can you imagine first? Most of us would see
many beautiful towers and buildings beside
the sea. However, nowadays, it doesn't seem
to be possible. Because of smog in China, we
can hardly see even very close views. The
word 'smog' is a compound of smoke and fog,
meaning polluted air remaining in one spot like burning straw on farms can be another big
a fog. Smog is becoming a huge environmental reason.
problem especially in developing countries
such as China. Interestingly, an English Then how does the smog affect China?
magazine Financial Times created a new There are two different points to look at:
term to describe the polluted atmosphere in citizens and the economy. First let's think on
Beijing; a compound of air and apocalypse, the side of citizens. The smog makes polluted
'airpocalypse'. As China is becoming the leader atmosphere which leads to a lot of illnesses and
of the world's economy, they should consider diseases such as asthma, chronic bronchitis,
the influence of smog on their nation and put cerebral hemorrhaging, hypertension, and
forth a big effort to stop this problem. conjunctivitis. According to the graph, the
First of all, what makes the smog in China? incidence of lung cancer in China is rapidly
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