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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.’
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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.’