What killed the tens of thousands of dead eels washing up on Guangdong beaches?

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By Gwynn Guilford




It’s already been a big year for mass animal death in China. So far we’ve had pigs, fish, ducks and swans.

And now eels. Residents report that tens of thousands of them have washed up on the shores of Guangdong’s Huizhou, off Daya Bay, befouling the area with a noxious stench.

And like the other China faunapocalypses, this one’s a whodunnit.

The main suspect so far is a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC), which is in the process of doubling its crude refinery production to 24 million barrels a day, reports South China Morning Post.


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[abelenkpe]

1. K&R nt

[pipoman]

2. The effects of unrestricted trade

with no requirement for the same ecological requirements found in the countries they are trading with. This extends to consumer safety and worker's compensation/conditions..free trade with no requirement for compliance with the 1st world isn't free at all..it's fucked..

[Nihil]

3. The effects of unrestricted greed

This would be exactly the same if the output of the company was purely for domestic
consumption (i.e., no external trade, "free" or otherwise) as it is driven by the far more
devastating belief that "Greed Is Good".

"Free Trade Agreements" are a problem in their own right but the problem here is
simply "Profit Uber Alles".