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Large Environmental Protest in Beijing
Epoch Times Staff Sep 1, 2008

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A mass demonstration in Beijing’s Chaoyang District protests
environmental pollution. (Internet User)

On August 30, only one week after the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, there
was a mass demonstration in Beijing’s Chaoyang District protesting
environmental pollution. Traffic in some areas was blocked for more than
three hours. Many policemen were sent to the scene and protesters were
beaten up.

Many bloggers on Boxun.com were complaining of the large garbage
disposal plant in the Changying and Guangzhuang areas of the Chaoyang
District of Beijing. The plant employs a rubbish incinerator to burn
garbage, resulting in a foul smell in these areas. Fumes from the plant
contain large quantities of dioxin―a carcinogen believed to raise the
risk of cancer by as much as 40 times.