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(Source: Council on Foreign Relations) New industries bring higher paid jobs and more money but they can also bring pollution. Many of the cities in China are amongst the most polluted in the ...

Since then, noise pollution prevention and control have been incorporated into government assessments. Chongqing, a bustling metropolis in Southwest China with a population exceeding 32 million ...

Previous research has found that pollution, such as sulfur particles ... shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. Chris Wright at the University of Washington in Seattle ...