Aug 24, 2013

The cancer villages of China, where cancer rates are spiking, thought to be due to rapidly worsening pollution

Locations of communities where cancer rates have spiked recently. (Global Times via Weibo)

Locations of communities where cancer rates have spiked recently. (Global Times via Weibo)

China's problem with "cancer villages," or communities where cancer rates are spiking, thought to be due to rapidly worsening pollution, have become such a big problem that even Communist Party-run outlet Global Times felt compelled to share this map on Chinese social media.