Factory waste, including heavy metals and other toxins, has contaminated more than a tenth of the country's farmland, he said.

I have read about this before. It's a good sign that there is a higher awareness in the Chinese Government of this. I thought I had blogged about this, but can't find a post. Nothing in my posts on Chinese Food Safety.

The article does a good overall job on the issue. It missed that China is buying farmland outside of nearby countries (another blog post I thought I had done, but I guess not).

China's soil deterioration may become growing food crisis, adviser claims - UK Guardian.

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