Yanglingang (simplified Chinese: 杨林岗村; traditional Chinese: 楊林崗村)[1] is a small fishing village located on the border between Shanghai and Jiangsu province, China.[2] The village has approximately fifty families,[3][4] who obtain their sustenance by fishing and obtaining drinking water from the Yangtze River, which has significant problems with pollution.[2][3] The village is "surrounded by power plants, paper-making factories, and chemical plants".[3] Village residents live on their boats.[4]

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  1. ↑ 沁园净水器 (28 July 2014). "2013年2月，中国政府首次承认了"癌症村"的存在" [In February 2013, the Chinese government for the first time recognized the existence of a so-called "cancer village"]. 柳叶 (Iliuye) (in Chinese). 扬州广播电视总台 (Yangzhou Radio and Television Station). Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  2. 1 2 Crabtree, Jim (August 15, 2012). "China Urged to Impose 'Green' Taxes". ENS. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Taylor, Alan (March 22, 2013). "China's Toxic Water". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "The story of fishing villages in Jiangsu province, China". Greenpeace International. March 7, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2015.

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