Yanglingang Explained

Yanglingang [1] is a small fishing village located on the border between Shanghai and Jiangsu province, China. The village has approximately fifty families, who obtain their sustenance by fishing and obtaining drinking water from the Yangtze River, which has significant problems with pollution. The village is "surrounded by power plants, paper-making factories, and chemical plants". Village residents live on their boats.

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  1. Web site: 2013年2月,中国政府首次承认了"癌症村"的存在. 沁园净水器. 28 July 2014. 柳叶 (Iliuye). 扬州广播电视总台 (Yangzhou Radio and Television Station). zh. In February 2013, the Chinese government for the first time recognized the existence of a so-called "cancer village". 2016-12-24.