SHANGHAI—New Chinese government figures illustrate how pollution and other effects of China’s urbanization and industrialization continue to take a toll on farmland, providing fresh insight into one of the country’s least understood environmental challenges.
Figures released by the Ministry of Land and Resources on Monday in Beijing indicated as much as 2.5% of China’s soil could be too contaminated by heavy metals and other pollutants to farm. Meanwhile, the share of China’s land that is arable fell by a fifth of a…
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