Chinese Farms Cause More Pollution than Factories

A Chinese government “pollution census” has found that farm fields are a far bigger source of water contamination in China than factory effluent. The two-year study involved 570,000 people. According to the study, agriculture is responsible for 43.7% of the nation’s chemical oxygen demand (the main measure of organic compounds in water), 67% of phosphorus and 57% of nitrogen discharges.