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Beijing to build soil monitoring stations for regular testing

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2015-06-23 15:13Ecns.cn Editor: Mo Hong'e

北京将设监测点为土壤定期体检

京报讯 想知道空气情况,可通过空气质量实时发布平台随时查看。今后,土壤也将成为环保部门例行监测的对象之一。近日,新京报记者从北京市环保局了解到,北京将布设一批土壤监测点,目前正在进行点位的前期筛选。其中,基础点位布设将以耕地为主。

(ECNS) -- The capital is set to build a batch of soil monitoring stations as the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau selects suitable sites, Beijing News has reported.

The site selection and samples testing results will be reported to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, which aims to better understand the soil situation in China as part of its efforts to curb contamination.

Details like how many stations Beijing will build, how often the bureau would collect soil samples for testing, and whether it will share the information with the public, have not been finalized yet, the newspaper states.

In April 2014, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Land Resources released a report based on a national soil survey, which found that 16.1 percent of China's soil, and 19.4 percent of its farmland, was polluted, mostly as a result of industrial and agricultural activities. The most common pollutants were cadmium, nickel and arsenic.

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