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ZHANG: Mainland China is paying a painful price for its 30-year industrial development. The state-run English newspaper China Daily reports that in the Mainland, the number of birth defects in infants due to pollution is rising, and has reached a dangerous level. STORY: Among the world's ten most polluted cities, five are in China. According to incomplete statistics, at least 300 million rural Chinese do not have access to safe drinking water. The Chinese Population and Family Planning Commission says every 30 seconds a defective baby is born in China. The coal-rich Shanxi Province has the highest rate of birth defects among all provinces in China. The Family Planning Commission says thats because of the large chemical industry in the province. The U.S.-China Water Environment Councils chief executive He Zhe says the Chinese communist regime allows factories and enterprise to develop without restriction, creating cancer villages everywhere. [He Zhe, U.S.-China Water Environment Council]: The government is responsible for neglecting its duty. First of all, it pursues a high GDP. The officials promotion depends on their areas growth of capital output, total industrial output, and the gross national product. " Wang Weiluo, an expert on China water resources living in Germany says in an interview with the BBC, that during the 30-year reform and opening up in China, river pollution has been getting worse year after year. Wastewater from industry has accounted for 70% of the Yellow Rivers sewage. According to Bulletin of the Yellow River, a third of the Yellow River was severely polluted in 2007. Water expert Wang Weiluo says the Yellow River isnt the worst. The Huai River is even worse, he says. Other polluted rivers also include the Hai River and Liao River.