Foxconn is accused of polluting the Taihu Lake Basin

On August 1, five environmental protection organizations, green Jiangnan, public environment research center, friends of nature, Huanyou science and technology and University of nature, jointly released who is polluting Taihu Lake Basin? 》The research report requires relevant enterprises to bear environmental responsibility In response, Foxconn said there was no factory near Taihu Lake and was contacting environmental organizations According to the research report, a large number of enterprises in the Taihu Lake Basin discharge pollutants, resulting in heavy metal pollutants in the sediment of some tributaries of Taihu Lake seriously exceeding the standard Fang Yingjun, director of green Jiangnan, a local environmental protection organization in Suzhou, said that a large amount of waste water was discharged into the river between Foxconn's two plants, and it was discharged into the huangcangjing River in the Taihu Lake Basin through the pump station every day The wastewater is pungent, dark and foam The results of field sampling showed that the concentration of nickel reached 2060 mg / kg, nearly 40 times higher than the limit value Fang Yingjun said that there are four enterprises on both sides of Louxia River, including Dingxin electronics and Yuanyu electronics, which are manufacturers of printed circuit boards, and the characteristic pollutants are copper and nickel Yesterday, a Foxconn spokesman said it was "impossible" to say that Foxconn had no factory near Taihu Lake The sewage from Foxconn's factories is treated and discharged to the government's sewage treatment pool first, so there is no pollution of Taihu Lake Environmental groups say they have enough evidence to prove that companies are lying It is understood that in 2011, the above-mentioned five environmental protection organizations conducted a 7-month investigation on Apple's suppliers, and found that 27 suspected suppliers of apple in China had serious environmental problems, resulting in "milk boxes", nearly 200 times more heavy metals than the standard, and the high incidence of diseases among nearby residents.