Wastewater from a sewage treatment plant in Hengtai county is released into the marshland near the Zhulong River. The partially submerged sign reads, ‘Danger: Discharge Site with Deep Water. Take Caution.’
Pollution floats on the surface of the Fushan River.
A deckhand washes a ship used to transport chemicals.
A villager works with her fishing net and shovel from a small boat on the Fushan River.
The driver of a Dongyue Group cargo truck cleans up rainwater.
Workers fish on the Xiaoqing River during their lunch break. ‘These little fish can take a lot,’ said one worker. ‘Ordinary pollution won’t kill them.’
On their way into the city, commuters from the village of Dongba pass a factory owned by the Dongyue Group—with its fetid odor.
Smoke stacks and earth mounds can be seen at a factory owned by the Dongyue Group.
A couple pauses to eat a meal on a cargo ship as they wait for assignments to transport chemicals on the Fushan River.
A motor scooter driver, wearing a face mask, passes by the Chemours plant in Changshu.
