Where's the compensation?
赔偿在哪里? Péicháng zài nạ̌li?
In Jiangxi's Dexing city, Jiangxi Copper Mining Group and subsidiary companies for many years have been discharging pollution into the Le'an River, endangering the lives of one hundred thousand people who live downstream. Facing questions from the people, the companies that are polluting rely on a 20-year-old ruling that set the standard amount for compensation which, if distributed across all the people who have been harmed, wouldn't amount to even one yuan [about 15 cents].
在江西德兴市，江西铜业集团下属的多家矿山企业，多年将工业废水排入乐安河，祸及下游数十万群众。面对群众质疑，排污企业仍依据20年前一次调查结论的标准赔偿，摊到受害群众手上，人均不足一元。
Zài Jiāngxī Déxìng shì, Jiāngxī Tóngyè Jítuán xiàshǔ de duō jiā kuàngshān qǐyè, duō nián jiāng gōngyè fèishuǐ pái rù Lè'ān Hé, huòjí xiàyóu shù shíwàn qúnzhòng. Miànduì qúnzhòng zhìyí, páiwū qǐyè réng yījù 20 niánqián yị̄cì diàochá jiélùn de biāozhǔn péicháng, tān dào shòuhài qúnzhòng shǒushang, rénjūn bùzú yīyuán.
[Photo: Deng Guilian, who lives in Leping city, Mingkou town, Dai village, bitterly tells the medical history of her 11-year-old son, who suffers from blood in the urine, which he got from drinking polluted river water
乐平市名口镇戴村村民邓桂莲拿出病历痛诉11岁的儿子因喝了受污染的水患“肾小球性血尿”的情况 Lèpíng shì Míngkǒuzhèn Dàicūn cūnmín Dèng Guìlián náchū bìnglì tòngsù 11 suì de érzi yīn hēle shòu wūrǎn de shuǐ huàn “shènxiǎoqiú xìng xiěniào” de qíngkuàng]
A hundred thousand people have suffered because of the polluted Le'an River, but the companies that are polluting and the environmental protection bureau all say the same thing, the most serious pollution has to be blamed on "history." The reason is, as early as the Tang and Song dynasties (600 - 1100), Dexing city had a history of mining copper, so the main pollution is from the historical waste produced in the mining areas, and modern businesses should not be held responsible for the past.
数十万群众深受乐安河污染之苦，但当地矿山企业和环保部门却异口同声，将主要责任推到“历史”头上。理由是：德兴早在唐宋年间就有采铜历史，污染主要是由于历代废弃的采矿区产生的，现代企业不应代历史受过。
Shù shíwàn qúnzhòng shēnshòu Lè'ān Hé wūrǎn zhī kǔ, dàn dāngdì kuàngshān qǐyè hé huán-bǎo bùmén què yìkǒutóngshēng, jiāng zhǔyào zérèn tuī dào “lìshǐ” tóushàng. Lǐyóu shì: dé xìng zǎo zài Táng Sòng niánjiān jiù yǒu cǎi tóng lìshǐ, wūrǎn zhǔyào shì yóuyú lìdài fèiqì de cǎi kuàngqū chǎnshēng de, xiàndài qǐyè bùyīng dài lìshǐ shòuguò.
As the mining companies have continued to expand, the harm from pollution in Leping city downstream affects 9 city-townships and about 420,000 people. In Leping city, Mingkou town, Dai village, a resident told the reporter, because the upstream pollution has been very heavy, Dai village is called "Oil City," and there are more than 450 acres of land that cannot be farmed. In the past twenty years, not a single person has passed the physical exam for entrance into the military, and more than 70 people suffer from cancer.
随着上市公司江西铜业下属的德兴铜矿等矿山企业不断扩张，下游的乐平市深受污染之害，涉及9个乡镇约42万人。在乐平市名口镇戴村，村民告诉记者，由于乐安河上游多年来污染严重，素有“油料村”之称的戴村已有2800多亩地无法耕种，近20年来全村没有一人通过征兵体检，仅癌症患者就有70多名。
Suízhe shàngshì gōngsī Jiāngxī Tóngyè xiàshǔ de dé xìng tóngkuàng děng kuàngshān qǐyè bụ̀duàn kuòzhāng, xiàyóu de Lèpíng shì shēnshòu wūrǎn zhī hài, shèjí 9 ge xiāng-zhèn yuē 42 wàn rén. Zài Lèpíng shì míng kǒu zhèn dài cūn, cūnmín gàosu jìzhě, yóuyú Lè'ān Hé shàngyóu duō nián lái wūrǎn yánzhòng, sùyǒu “yóuliào cūn” zhī chēng de Dàicūn yǐ yǒu 2800 duō mǔ de wúfǎ gēngzhòng, jìn 20 niánlái quáncūn méiyǒu yī rén tōngguò zhēngbīng tị̌jiǎn, jǐn áizhèng huànzhě jiù yǒu 70 duōmíng.
This past April, Dexing city, Xiangtun town, Wuxing village found there were ten children with lead in their blood that exceeded standard levels. The people from that village believe that the copper and lead mining companies that have been built right next to the village have brought about this disaster. Zhou Huaxiu, a villager, said the factories discharge smoke and dust that contain lead, and when it rains, the land is stained yellow. The mining company in the village neighboring Dexing city, Sizhou town, discharges polluted waste water. Zhang Chunying, a resident, said: "Because of the pollution, when people hear that vegetables have been grown in that area, no one in the market will buy them."
今年4月，德兴市香屯镇五星村查出数十名儿童血铅超标。当地村民认为，都是临村而建的江西铜业集团下属企业金德铅业公司“惹的祸”。村民周花秀说，厂里排出的烟尘里有铅，碰到下雨天，染得地面都是黄的。德兴市泗洲镇下家畈村紧邻德兴铜矿流出的水渠。村民张春英说：“因为污染，一听说是下家畔村种的菜，市场上没人敢要。”
Jīnnián 4 yuè, Déxìng shì Xiāngtúnzhèn Wǔxīngcūn cháchū shù shí míng értóng xuè qiān chāobiāo. Dāngdì cūnmín rènwéi, dōu shì lín cūn ér jiàn de Jiāngxī Tóngyè Jítuán xiàshǔ qǐyè jīn dé qiān yè gōngsī “rě de huò”. Cūnmín Zhōu Huāxiù shuō, chǎng lǐ páichū de yānchén lǐ yǒu qiān, pèngdào xiàyǔtiān, rǎn de dìmiàn dōu shì huáng de. Déxìng shì Sìzhōuzhèn xiàjiā fàn cūn jǐnlín dé xìng tóngkuàng liúchū de shuǐqú. Cūnmín Zhāng Chūnyīng shuō: “Yīnwèi wūrǎn, yī tīngshuō shì xiàjiā pàn cūn zhǒng de cài, shìchǎng shàng méi rén gǎn yào.”
Even so, given the huge amount of damage the pollution has caused, the companies that are polluting are offering compensation of a trifling 180,000 yuan [$30,000.00] based on the results of an investigation done 20 years ago. Because the compensation is so low, some of the citizens are extremely angry, and have said they "don't understand." And even if there were compensation, those who have been harmed "would never take it." Cai Qingfu, the assistant director of the environmental protection bureau, explained: "With regard to Leping city, the pollution has affected more than 400,000 people, so if the 180,000 yuan were paid, each person on average would receive less than one yuan."
然而，与污染造成的巨大损失相比，排污企业仅有的赔偿，依据的竟是20年前的一次调查结果，只有区区18万余元。由于赔偿非常低，一些群众怨气较大，表示“很不理解”。即便这点赔偿金，受害群众大都反映“从未领到”。对此，乐平市环保局副局长蔡庆福解释说：“对于乐平市受污染影响的40多万人来说，18万元赔偿款如果发下去，人均还不到1块钱。”
Rán'ér, yǔ wūrǎn zàochéng de jùdà sǔnshī xiāngbǐ, páiwū qǐyè jị̌nyǒu de péicháng, yījù de jìngshì 20 niánqián de yị̄cì diàochá jiéguǒ, zhị̌yǒu qūqū 18 wàn yú yuán. Yóuyú péicháng fēicháng dī, yī̠xiē qúnzhòng yuànqì jiàodà, biǎoshì “hěn bù lị̌jiě”. Jíbiàn zhè diǎn péichángjīn, shòuhài qúnzhòng dàdōu fǎnyìng “cóngwèi lǐngdào”. Duì cǐ, Lèpíng shì huánbǎojú fù júzhǎng Cài Qìngfú jiěshì shuō: “Duìyú Lèpíng shì shòu wūrǎn yị̌ngxiǎng de 40 duō wàn rén lái shuō, 18 wàn yuán péicháng kuǎn rúguǒ fā xiàqu, rénjūn hái bụ̀dào 1 kuài qián.”
But, what the local environmental protection bureau and those responsible at the mining companies say are not the same thing. The director of Dexing city's environmental protection bureau, Pan Bing, said: "The most important reason for the pollution is the 'original souce of waste water' in ancient and abandoned mining canals."
然而，当地环保部门和矿企有关负责人却又说法不一。德兴铜矿环保部主任潘兵说，“造成污染的原因主要是古代遗弃的采矿通道形成的‘老龙废水’。"
Rán'ér, dāngdì huán-bǎo bùmén hé kuàng qǐ yǒuguān fùzérén quèyòu shuōfa bùyī. Déxìng tóngkuàng huán-bǎo bù zhǔrèn Pān Bīng shuō, “Zàochéng wūrǎn de yuányīn zhǔyào shì gǔdài yíqì de cǎikuàng tōngdào xíngchéng de ‘lǎo lóng fèishuǐ’."
In recent years, Dexing copper mining investment in environmental protection has exceeded 200 million yuan, and now completely handles the discharge of waste waters, and there is no possibility of pollution in the area, and the quality of the middle and lower reaches of the Le'an River water already has undergone tremendous improvement. About this, Leping city's environmental protection bureau's chief, Huang Lin, affirmed that the surface water tests normal.
”近几年德兴铜矿的环保投入已超过2亿元，完全实现了污水处理达标排放，不可能出现污水外排现象，乐安河中下游的水质已经得到很大改善。对于这一说法，乐平市环保局长黄林给予肯定，理由是目前地表水监测正常。
"Jìn jǐ nián Déxìng tóngkuàng de huán-bǎo tóurù yǐ chāoguò 2 yì yuán, wánquán shíxiànle wūshuǐ chǔlǐ dábiāo páifàng, bù kěnéng chūxiàn wūshuǐ wài pái xiànxiàng, Lè'ān Hé zhōng-xiàyóu de shuǐzhì yǐjing dédào hěn dà gǎishàn. Duìyú zhè yī shuōfa, Lèpíng shì huán-bǎo júzhǎng huáng lín jị̌yǔ kěndìng, lǐyóu shì mùqián dìbiǎoshuǐ jiāncè zhèngcháng.
But when the reporter challenged this assertion, the head of Leping city environmental monitoring station, Tang Jianjun, said that frankly the worst pollution is from heavy metals in the soil, and due to a lack of equipment, Leping city's environmental bureau has never tested this. He believes that if the quality of the water surface alone is tested, there's no way to measure whether the heavy metals exceed standards.
但面对记者质疑，乐平市环境监测站站长唐建军坦言，重金属污染危害最大的是土壤，由于缺乏设备，乐平市环保部门从未做过这一检测。他承认，仅靠地表水监测，根本没法测出重金属是否超标。
Dàn miànduì jìzhě zhìyí, Lèpíng shì huánjìng jiāncè zhàn zhànzhǎng Táng Jiànjūn tǎnyán, zhòngjīnshǔ wūrǎn wēihài zuìdà de shì tụ̌rǎng, yóuyú quēfá shèbèi, Lèpíng shì huán-bǎo bùmén cóngwèi zuòguo zhè yī jiǎncè. Tā chéngrèn, jǐn kào dìbiǎoshuǐ jiāncè, gēnběn méifǎ cèchū zhòngjīnshǔ shì-fǒu chāobiāo.
Source: 《每经网综合报道》 "江铜被曝污染数十万人 环保局称责任在唐朝" online
赔偿在哪里? Péicháng zài nạ̌li?
In Jiangxi's Dexing city, Jiangxi Copper Mining Group and subsidiary companies for many years have been discharging pollution into the Le'an River, endangering the lives of one hundred thousand people who live downstream. Facing questions from the people, the companies that are polluting rely on a 20-year-old ruling that set the standard amount for compensation which, if distributed across all the people who have been harmed, wouldn't amount to even one yuan [about 15 cents].
在江西德兴市，江西铜业集团下属的多家矿山企业，多年将工业废水排入乐安河，祸及下游数十万群众。面对群众质疑，排污企业仍依据20年前一次调查结论的标准赔偿，摊到受害群众手上，人均不足一元。
Zài Jiāngxī Déxìng shì, Jiāngxī Tóngyè Jítuán xiàshǔ de duō jiā kuàngshān qǐyè, duō nián jiāng gōngyè fèishuǐ pái rù Lè'ān Hé, huòjí xiàyóu shù shíwàn qúnzhòng. Miànduì qúnzhòng zhìyí, páiwū qǐyè réng yījù 20 niánqián yị̄cì diàochá jiélùn de biāozhǔn péicháng, tān dào shòuhài qúnzhòng shǒushang, rénjūn bùzú yīyuán.
[Photo: Deng Guilian, who lives in Leping city, Mingkou town, Dai village, bitterly tells the medical history of her 11-year-old son, who suffers from blood in the urine, which he got from drinking polluted river water
乐平市名口镇戴村村民邓桂莲拿出病历痛诉11岁的儿子因喝了受污染的水患“肾小球性血尿”的情况 Lèpíng shì Míngkǒuzhèn Dàicūn cūnmín Dèng Guìlián náchū bìnglì tòngsù 11 suì de érzi yīn hēle shòu wūrǎn de shuǐ huàn “shènxiǎoqiú xìng xiěniào” de qíngkuàng]
A hundred thousand people have suffered because of the polluted Le'an River, but the companies that are polluting and the environmental protection bureau all say the same thing, the most serious pollution has to be blamed on "history." The reason is, as early as the Tang and Song dynasties (600 - 1100), Dexing city had a history of mining copper, so the main pollution is from the historical waste produced in the mining areas, and modern businesses should not be held responsible for the past.
数十万群众深受乐安河污染之苦，但当地矿山企业和环保部门却异口同声，将主要责任推到“历史”头上。理由是：德兴早在唐宋年间就有采铜历史，污染主要是由于历代废弃的采矿区产生的，现代企业不应代历史受过。
Shù shíwàn qúnzhòng shēnshòu Lè'ān Hé wūrǎn zhī kǔ, dàn dāngdì kuàngshān qǐyè hé huán-bǎo bùmén què yìkǒutóngshēng, jiāng zhǔyào zérèn tuī dào “lìshǐ” tóushàng. Lǐyóu shì: dé xìng zǎo zài Táng Sòng niánjiān jiù yǒu cǎi tóng lìshǐ, wūrǎn zhǔyào shì yóuyú lìdài fèiqì de cǎi kuàngqū chǎnshēng de, xiàndài qǐyè bùyīng dài lìshǐ shòuguò.
As the mining companies have continued to expand, the harm from pollution in Leping city downstream affects 9 city-townships and about 420,000 people. In Leping city, Mingkou town, Dai village, a resident told the reporter, because the upstream pollution has been very heavy, Dai village is called "Oil City," and there are more than 450 acres of land that cannot be farmed. In the past twenty years, not a single person has passed the physical exam for entrance into the military, and more than 70 people suffer from cancer.
随着上市公司江西铜业下属的德兴铜矿等矿山企业不断扩张，下游的乐平市深受污染之害，涉及9个乡镇约42万人。在乐平市名口镇戴村，村民告诉记者，由于乐安河上游多年来污染严重，素有“油料村”之称的戴村已有2800多亩地无法耕种，近20年来全村没有一人通过征兵体检，仅癌症患者就有70多名。
Suízhe shàngshì gōngsī Jiāngxī Tóngyè xiàshǔ de dé xìng tóngkuàng děng kuàngshān qǐyè bụ̀duàn kuòzhāng, xiàyóu de Lèpíng shì shēnshòu wūrǎn zhī hài, shèjí 9 ge xiāng-zhèn yuē 42 wàn rén. Zài Lèpíng shì míng kǒu zhèn dài cūn, cūnmín gàosu jìzhě, yóuyú Lè'ān Hé shàngyóu duō nián lái wūrǎn yánzhòng, sùyǒu “yóuliào cūn” zhī chēng de Dàicūn yǐ yǒu 2800 duō mǔ de wúfǎ gēngzhòng, jìn 20 niánlái quáncūn méiyǒu yī rén tōngguò zhēngbīng tị̌jiǎn, jǐn áizhèng huànzhě jiù yǒu 70 duōmíng.
This past April, Dexing city, Xiangtun town, Wuxing village found there were ten children with lead in their blood that exceeded standard levels. The people from that village believe that the copper and lead mining companies that have been built right next to the village have brought about this disaster. Zhou Huaxiu, a villager, said the factories discharge smoke and dust that contain lead, and when it rains, the land is stained yellow. The mining company in the village neighboring Dexing city, Sizhou town, discharges polluted waste water. Zhang Chunying, a resident, said: "Because of the pollution, when people hear that vegetables have been grown in that area, no one in the market will buy them."
今年4月，德兴市香屯镇五星村查出数十名儿童血铅超标。当地村民认为，都是临村而建的江西铜业集团下属企业金德铅业公司“惹的祸”。村民周花秀说，厂里排出的烟尘里有铅，碰到下雨天，染得地面都是黄的。德兴市泗洲镇下家畈村紧邻德兴铜矿流出的水渠。村民张春英说：“因为污染，一听说是下家畔村种的菜，市场上没人敢要。”
Jīnnián 4 yuè, Déxìng shì Xiāngtúnzhèn Wǔxīngcūn cháchū shù shí míng értóng xuè qiān chāobiāo. Dāngdì cūnmín rènwéi, dōu shì lín cūn ér jiàn de Jiāngxī Tóngyè Jítuán xiàshǔ qǐyè jīn dé qiān yè gōngsī “rě de huò”. Cūnmín Zhōu Huāxiù shuō, chǎng lǐ páichū de yānchén lǐ yǒu qiān, pèngdào xiàyǔtiān, rǎn de dìmiàn dōu shì huáng de. Déxìng shì Sìzhōuzhèn xiàjiā fàn cūn jǐnlín dé xìng tóngkuàng liúchū de shuǐqú. Cūnmín Zhāng Chūnyīng shuō: “Yīnwèi wūrǎn, yī tīngshuō shì xiàjiā pàn cūn zhǒng de cài, shìchǎng shàng méi rén gǎn yào.”
Even so, given the huge amount of damage the pollution has caused, the companies that are polluting are offering compensation of a trifling 180,000 yuan [$30,000.00] based on the results of an investigation done 20 years ago. Because the compensation is so low, some of the citizens are extremely angry, and have said they "don't understand." And even if there were compensation, those who have been harmed "would never take it." Cai Qingfu, the assistant director of the environmental protection bureau, explained: "With regard to Leping city, the pollution has affected more than 400,000 people, so if the 180,000 yuan were paid, each person on average would receive less than one yuan."
然而，与污染造成的巨大损失相比，排污企业仅有的赔偿，依据的竟是20年前的一次调查结果，只有区区18万余元。由于赔偿非常低，一些群众怨气较大，表示“很不理解”。即便这点赔偿金，受害群众大都反映“从未领到”。对此，乐平市环保局副局长蔡庆福解释说：“对于乐平市受污染影响的40多万人来说，18万元赔偿款如果发下去，人均还不到1块钱。”
Rán'ér, yǔ wūrǎn zàochéng de jùdà sǔnshī xiāngbǐ, páiwū qǐyè jị̌nyǒu de péicháng, yījù de jìngshì 20 niánqián de yị̄cì diàochá jiéguǒ, zhị̌yǒu qūqū 18 wàn yú yuán. Yóuyú péicháng fēicháng dī, yī̠xiē qúnzhòng yuànqì jiàodà, biǎoshì “hěn bù lị̌jiě”. Jíbiàn zhè diǎn péichángjīn, shòuhài qúnzhòng dàdōu fǎnyìng “cóngwèi lǐngdào”. Duì cǐ, Lèpíng shì huánbǎojú fù júzhǎng Cài Qìngfú jiěshì shuō: “Duìyú Lèpíng shì shòu wūrǎn yị̌ngxiǎng de 40 duō wàn rén lái shuō, 18 wàn yuán péicháng kuǎn rúguǒ fā xiàqu, rénjūn hái bụ̀dào 1 kuài qián.”
But, what the local environmental protection bureau and those responsible at the mining companies say are not the same thing. The director of Dexing city's environmental protection bureau, Pan Bing, said: "The most important reason for the pollution is the 'original souce of waste water' in ancient and abandoned mining canals."
然而，当地环保部门和矿企有关负责人却又说法不一。德兴铜矿环保部主任潘兵说，“造成污染的原因主要是古代遗弃的采矿通道形成的‘老龙废水’。"
Rán'ér, dāngdì huán-bǎo bùmén hé kuàng qǐ yǒuguān fùzérén quèyòu shuōfa bùyī. Déxìng tóngkuàng huán-bǎo bù zhǔrèn Pān Bīng shuō, “Zàochéng wūrǎn de yuányīn zhǔyào shì gǔdài yíqì de cǎikuàng tōngdào xíngchéng de ‘lǎo lóng fèishuǐ’."
In recent years, Dexing copper mining investment in environmental protection has exceeded 200 million yuan, and now completely handles the discharge of waste waters, and there is no possibility of pollution in the area, and the quality of the middle and lower reaches of the Le'an River water already has undergone tremendous improvement. About this, Leping city's environmental protection bureau's chief, Huang Lin, affirmed that the surface water tests normal.
”近几年德兴铜矿的环保投入已超过2亿元，完全实现了污水处理达标排放，不可能出现污水外排现象，乐安河中下游的水质已经得到很大改善。对于这一说法，乐平市环保局长黄林给予肯定，理由是目前地表水监测正常。
"Jìn jǐ nián Déxìng tóngkuàng de huán-bǎo tóurù yǐ chāoguò 2 yì yuán, wánquán shíxiànle wūshuǐ chǔlǐ dábiāo páifàng, bù kěnéng chūxiàn wūshuǐ wài pái xiànxiàng, Lè'ān Hé zhōng-xiàyóu de shuǐzhì yǐjing dédào hěn dà gǎishàn. Duìyú zhè yī shuōfa, Lèpíng shì huán-bǎo júzhǎng huáng lín jị̌yǔ kěndìng, lǐyóu shì mùqián dìbiǎoshuǐ jiāncè zhèngcháng.
But when the reporter challenged this assertion, the head of Leping city environmental monitoring station, Tang Jianjun, said that frankly the worst pollution is from heavy metals in the soil, and due to a lack of equipment, Leping city's environmental bureau has never tested this. He believes that if the quality of the water surface alone is tested, there's no way to measure whether the heavy metals exceed standards.
但面对记者质疑，乐平市环境监测站站长唐建军坦言，重金属污染危害最大的是土壤，由于缺乏设备，乐平市环保部门从未做过这一检测。他承认，仅靠地表水监测，根本没法测出重金属是否超标。
Dàn miànduì jìzhě zhìyí, Lèpíng shì huánjìng jiāncè zhàn zhànzhǎng Táng Jiànjūn tǎnyán, zhòngjīnshǔ wūrǎn wēihài zuìdà de shì tụ̌rǎng, yóuyú quēfá shèbèi, Lèpíng shì huán-bǎo bùmén cóngwèi zuòguo zhè yī jiǎncè. Tā chéngrèn, jǐn kào dìbiǎoshuǐ jiāncè, gēnběn méifǎ cèchū zhòngjīnshǔ shì-fǒu chāobiāo.
Source: 《每经网综合报道》 "江铜被曝污染数十万人 环保局称责任在唐朝" online
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