As a tree-hugging
environmentalist at heart, I try to do my part in saving the earth as we know
it. While researching new ideas to reduce my foot print on earth, I came across
this Environmental Chemical article about para-xylene producing chemical plant
and all the bad publicity it is getting in China. As a result of lack of education,
people in China protested violently against the production of para-xylene.
Para-xylene is used as a precursor in making polyester, a textile that is very
important to China’s economy. There was mass confusion about the safety of
para-xylene. Due to a change in the entry of the Chinese version of Wikipedia,
citizens thought that para-xylene was harmful and highly toxic. Even after
research was done, and the correction was made to low toxicity, violent riots
and protests were still common in the streets. Unfortunately, the industry that
is most effected from this bad reputation is the textiles.
Here's the actual article:http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/04/para-xylene-px-plants-face-continued-opposition-china
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