Teflon Toxin | Shift Change at the Dongyue Group
on September 9, 2016
The streets are busy during shift changes at a chemical factory owned by the Dongyue Group.
Teflon Toxin | Chloroform Clean-up
on September 9, 2016
Tao Guomin owns a 300-ton cargo ship, which he primarily uses to transport chloroform and hydrochloric acid. After he received an assignment to transport a shipment of hydrochloric acid, he donned a facemask and climbed into the storage container to clean up chloroform from a previous shipment.
Teflon Toxin | Dongba Village
on September 9, 2016
Zhang Shikai, from the village of Dongba in Shandong province, raises sheep for a living. ‘Ever since the Dongyue Group opened a factory here, the pollution has been terrible,’ he said. ‘Every day, there’s a pungent odor and the ground water has been polluted. Last year, I raised 60 or so sheep. Five of them died from the air pollution and grass that was coated with toxic dust.’
Sharon Lerner
on September 9, 2016
Sharon Lerner covers health and the environment for The Intercept. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, and The Washington Post, among other publications, and has received awards from The Society for Environmental Journalists, The American Public Health Association, the Women and Politics Institute, and The Newswoman’s Club of New York.
Baishizhou | Shopfronts
on September 8, 2016
Family life spills out into the shopfronts in Baishizhou.
Baishizhou | Construction Work
on September 8, 2016
Construction workers renovate a marketplace shop. While some businesses are closing in anticipation of possible changes, some businessmen are still starting new companies in the area.
Baishizhou | Ambient Sounds
on September 8, 2016
Zhang Mengtai, an artist visiting from Beijing, displays his sound art project. The artwork collects ambient sounds, and uses a speaker made from objects and materials found in the neighborhood.
Baishizhou | Duan’s Photos
on September 8, 2016
The architect Duan Peng displays some of the photos of Baishizhou residents who are petitioning to stop the demolition of the neighborhood.
Baishizhou | Passageway
on September 8, 2016
A leather and household repairman tends his stall in a passageway, next to chatting residents. The density of the neighborhood makes for an occasional blurring of private and public spaces.
Baishizhou | Collective Farm Dormitories
on September 8, 2016
Mao-era collective farm dormitories at nightfall.
