Water pollution in Jixian
(newsphoto)
Updated: 2005-11-01 08:46

Local villager Li Ziquan collects a bottle filled with contaminated water near a paper-producing factory in Jixian County, a noted historic and cultural district in North China's Tianjin Municipality. Dozens of polluting factories have moved into the area in recent years, causing some of the district's beautiful scenic spots to become smelly and dirty. [newsphoto]