This chapter discusses a research site in the Huai River Basin, using the perspective of ‘ins and outs’ as an analytical framework. The pollution in Huangmengying Village mostly comes from upstream, but water conservancy projects, the nature of water courses and flows of pollution also have an impact. Media coverage of cancer in the area emphasized the role of external pollution from industry, but this study also found a relationship between smoking and cancer among men and between hepatitis B and liver cancer. There was also an association between drinking water and the high incidence of digestive tract diseases, which declined when the water supply was improved. The phenomenon of ‘cancer villages’ is therefore also shaped by the living conditions and lifestyle of the villagers.
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After 2008, a movement opposing waste incinerators swept across many cities in China. At the time, there was already a conflictual relationship between L waste incinerator in Guangdong and surrounding residents, but the ‘Panyu incident’ caused what was originally a small local conflict to become an issue of wider and even national concern. The list of ‘cancer victims’ that circulated on the internet, and related media reports, gradually convinced the public that the waste incinerator plant was responsible for high rates of lung cancer among residents. However, our investigations found that there were numerous errors in the information about the incidence of lung cancer. The chapter discusses what we discovered about the complex background to this case, and the reasons why rumours and misinformation spread so easily at this time.
{"title":"Behind the ‘High Incidence of Lung Cancer’","authors":"L. Qi, Chen Ajiang","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv15vwk8t.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv15vwk8t.13","url":null,"abstract":"After 2008, a movement opposing waste incinerators swept across many\u0000 cities in China. At the time, there was already a conflictual relationship\u0000 between L waste incinerator in Guangdong and surrounding residents,\u0000 but the ‘Panyu incident’ caused what was originally a small local conflict\u0000 to become an issue of wider and even national concern. The list of ‘cancer\u0000 victims’ that circulated on the internet, and related media reports, gradually\u0000 convinced the public that the waste incinerator plant was responsible\u0000 for high rates of lung cancer among residents. However, our investigations\u0000 found that there were numerous errors in the information about the\u0000 incidence of lung cancer. The chapter discusses what we discovered about\u0000 the complex background to this case, and the reasons why rumours and\u0000 misinformation spread so easily at this time.","PeriodicalId":277207,"journal":{"name":"Chinese \"Cancer Villages\"","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125396983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
It is difficult for medical science to establish a clear relationship between cancer and pollution at the village level due to the small population size and the multi-causality of many cancers. But ‘cancer villages’ nonetheless exist as a social fact and they continue to affect the lives of villagers. In the face of health risks, and uncertainty about them, villagers try to avoid pollution by getting polluting industries to shut down or relocate, moving away themselves, and changing their water sources and diet. Economic circumstances affect the degree to which they can deploy these various strategies. Their responses are also shaped by the inherited social structure, including the power of the village clan, local ‘gentry’, and the work unit.
{"title":"9 Villagers’ Perceptions of and Responses to the Relationship between Cancer and Pollution","authors":"Chen Ajiang, Cheng Pengli","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv15vwk8t.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv15vwk8t.14","url":null,"abstract":"It is difficult for medical science to establish a clear relationship between\u0000 cancer and pollution at the village level due to the small population size\u0000 and the multi-causality of many cancers. But ‘cancer villages’ nonetheless\u0000 exist as a social fact and they continue to affect the lives of villagers.\u0000 In the face of health risks, and uncertainty about them, villagers try to\u0000 avoid pollution by getting polluting industries to shut down or relocate,\u0000 moving away themselves, and changing their water sources and diet.\u0000 Economic circumstances affect the degree to which they can deploy\u0000 these various strategies. Their responses are also shaped by the inherited\u0000 social structure, including the power of the village clan, local ‘gentry’,\u0000 and the work unit.","PeriodicalId":277207,"journal":{"name":"Chinese \"Cancer Villages\"","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132555893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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