(L) A woman is treated for a stomach ailment using an IV drip in Sunying Village in Shenqiu County. The local caregiver suspects she has stomach cancer, but she is unable to afford medical care. Since 1990, more than eighty people have died of stomach and esophagus cancer, in a village of 1600 people.
(R) Wang Shijun, 53, was once considered 'a model villager who knew how to get rich' in the town of Huangmengying. He had a spinal infection presumably caused by heavy metals in the water, and has been bed-ridden for the past nine years.
(R) Wang Shijun, 53, was once considered 'a model villager who knew how to get rich' in the town of Huangmengying. He had a spinal infection presumably caused by heavy metals in the water, and has been bed-ridden for the past nine years.