Polluted lands in China

Beijing and some areas near the Chinese factory are suffering from the air filled with toxic dust, rivers and lakes that are rich in green algae, filled with dead fish.

In Beijing, small particles of airborne particulate matter are 40 times higher than international safety standards.Air pollution directly affects people's lives.When going to the street, they all wear masks. (Photo: AP)

Large buildings in Beijing's capital sink in dense fog and dust. (Photo: ChinaFotoPress)

The man is collecting dead fish in a lake in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province.Pollution of water and hot weather is the reason why about 50 tons of fish die. (Photo: Reuters)

A woman is collecting plastic bottles near a polluted, pink-colored river in Dongxiang District, Jiangxi Province.Wastewater discharged directly from a nearby paper factory causes the river to pollute. (Photo: AP)

Large blue algae clusters encircle the coast of Qingdao City, Shandong Province, appear due to water pollution.Algae leave a stench when they drift to the coast.(Photo: Reuters)

Lake Sao, a highly polluted and algae-filled water source in Anhui Province (Photo: Reuters)

Workers are treating leaked wastewater from a reservoir of a red copper mine in Shanghai district, Fujian province.According to Xinhua, waste leakage caused 1.89 million kg of dead or poisoned fish.(Photo: Reuters)

This child is drinking dirty water near a stream in Phu Nguyen District, Yunnan Province.(Photo: Reuters)

One-third of China's national nature reserves are "sacrificing" the landscape for profit purposes.The boy in the picture was swimming in the middle of polluted water in Ping Ba County, Guizhou Province.(Photo: Reuters)

Garbage floats on a flooded street in Shantou City, Guangdong Province.Photo taken on August 23, 2013.(Photo: Reuters)

River water is polluted and turns yellow in Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province.The operation of heavy industries is the cause of many water pollution in China.(Photo: Reuters)

Floating garbage covers the surface of the Yangtze River, near the Three Gorges reservoir in Feng Xue County, Chongqing City.(Photo: Reuters)