Environmental incidents in China: Lessons from 2006 to 2015

The Science of the Total Environment
Guozhi CaoJun Bi

Abstract

Environmental incidents are among the most significant environmental challenges in China. Hundreds of environmental incidents occur every year, endangering human health and ecosystems. In this paper, we conducted an analytical study of environmental incidents from 2006 to 2015 in China. We first examined the spatiotemporal characteristics of the total 5213 incidents based on the statistical data collected from the China Statistical Yearbook on Environment. We then examined the characteristics of the sources of risk, causes of harm and resulting damage of environmental incidents based on first-hand data from 1369 cases collected by the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) of China, which obtains detailed incident information. The results show that (1) there was a significant downward trend in the overall number of environmental incidents between 2006 and 2015, and developed eastern regions were high incidence areas; (2) hazardous chemicals were the main risk stressors; (3) production safety accidents and traffic accidents were the two major causes, and (4) most of these incidents resulted in polluted water and air. This paper is the first to provide a longitudinal analysis of the full scope of environmental incidents acros...Continue Reading

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Jul 11, 2020·Environmental Science and Pollution Research International·Wenxin MaoDang Luo
Feb 1, 2019·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Xia LiuFrancisco Herrera
Apr 7, 2020·Journal of Environmental Management·Delu WangWenxiao Ma

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