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Smoke rises from a garbage mountain as garbage collectors work on a dump site in Guiyang, in southwest China's Guizhou province, in 2008. As more Chinese ride the nation's economic boom, a torrent of garbage is one result. Cities are bursting at the seams, and local officials struggle to cope. AP/File
Chinese women and men search through garbage for recyclable materials at a dump site in Changchun in northeastern China's Jilin province in 2009. AP/File
A worker collects wood at a garbage dump site in Chongqing municipality in 2009. Shi Tou/Reuters
Workers disinfect a garbage dump site in Chongqing municipality in 2009. Stringer/Reuters
A girl looks for sellable items at a garbage dump in suburban Guiyang in southwest China's Guizhou province on July 20. Peng Nian/FeatureChina/Newscom
Chinese workers sort car part scrap to collect aluminum for recycling at a smelting plant in Shanghai in 2005. Greenpeace reported that up to 4,000 tons of toxic electronic waste are discarded in the world every hour, with much of it ending up in Chinese scrapyards. AP/File
A Chinese man packs a truck with recyclable trash in Beijing on May 22. After surpassing the US as the world's largest producer of household garbage, China has embarked on a massive program to build incinerators as landfills run out of space, yet these incinerators have become a growing source of toxic emissions. Stephen Shaver/UPI/Newscom/File
Yellow smoke rises after a garbage dump site caught fire while a boy cycles past in Changchun, in northeast China's Jilin province, in 2010. Environmental pollution in China has increased in recent years as the country's rapid economic development continues virtually unchecked. AP/File
A scavenger examines a piece of garbage at a dump site in Shanghai, China, on June 7. Eugene Hoshiko/AP
A man transports plastic bottles and containers for recycling in Haikou, the capital of China's southern Hainan province, in 2003. With a fifth of the world's population, China's amount of waste has become an enormous problem. About half of waste plastics are uncollected or dumped in an uncontrolled manner on land, in rivers, or in the sea. China Photo/Reuters/File
A worker stands on a pile of recycled CRT TV sets in the Green Eco Electronic Products Recycling Plant in Wuhan City, capital of central China's Hubei Province, on March 29. Zumapress/Newscom/File
Workers dismantle electro-wastes on a production line in the Green Eco Electronic Products Recycling Plant in Wuhan City, capital of central China's Hubei Province, on March 29. Zumapress/Newscom/File
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
More than 2,800 pig carcasses were discovered in the Huangpu River, which feeds Shanghai taps. Rivers are apparently a popular repository for swine that die of disease.
Here’s a riddle for you: When is the discovery of 2,813 dead and rotting pigs in a major city’s water source not a public health problem?
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