Top Chinese officials focus on pollution's health effects

By Ira Zunin

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 09, 2013

~~<p>It's official. The impact of environmental pollution on the health of its people is now China's leading political problem. Outgoing Prime Minister Wen Jiabao delivered his Government Work Report to the National People's Congress on Tuesday.</p>
<p>He said that the government "should be determined to solve prominent environmental pollution problems that concern the public interest, such as airborne, water or soil pollution, and should give hope to the public with practical action: improving environmental quality and safeguarding people's health," according to the China Daily.</p>
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It's official. The impact of environmental pollution on the health of its people is now China's leading political problem. Outgoing Prime Minister Wen Jiabao delivered his Government Work Report to the National People's Congress on Tuesday.

He said that the government "should be determined to solve prominent environmental pollution problems that concern the public interest, such as airborne, water or soil pollution, and should give hope to the public with practical action: improving environmental quality and safeguarding people's health," according to the China Daily. Login for more...