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Page 1: Pearl River Powerpoint 7+. This is China. This is the Pearl River in China

Pearl RiverPowerpoint 7+

Page 2: Pearl River Powerpoint 7+. This is China. This is the Pearl River in China

This is China.

Page 3: Pearl River Powerpoint 7+. This is China. This is the Pearl River in China

This is the Pearl River in China.

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The Pearl River Delta

Page 5: Pearl River Powerpoint 7+. This is China. This is the Pearl River in China

Farmers have been growing vegetables in Huang Wen Yuan

Cun village on the banks of the delta for hundreds of years.

Page 6: Pearl River Powerpoint 7+. This is China. This is the Pearl River in China

What is Ms Ho doing?

Page 7: Pearl River Powerpoint 7+. This is China. This is the Pearl River in China

Ms Ho says she remembers when there were lots of fish in the

river and she collected clean water for irrigation. Now she says

it’s black, acrid-smelling water.

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Why do you think she still uses it?

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Mr Lee has been fishing the Pearl River for many years.He says that many years ago people could drink the river

waterbut now it’s so polluted even the fish taste of soap.

Page 10: Pearl River Powerpoint 7+. This is China. This is the Pearl River in China

A factory owned by a company called Kingboardmakes chemicals next to the village and everyone’s

farms.

Page 11: Pearl River Powerpoint 7+. This is China. This is the Pearl River in China

The factory lets water full of toxic pollution into the river

from pipes like this.

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Why is the Greenpeace worker wearing a mask?

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Now, local people think the farmers’ vegetables are poisoned.The farmers have a hard time selling them. But they still have to

eat what they grow, even though it could make them ill.

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How do you think the factory might have changed their lives?