Organic Fertilizers

With the mounting concern for health and environment, consumers are now getting more conscious as to the quality of the food they buy from the grocery store.  As chemicals from fertilizers become a global concern for their carcinogenic effects, more and more people are buying organic fruits, vegetables and meat.  These products are grown using organic fertilizers and undergo very  little or zero chemical processing.  But what is organic fertilizer in the first place?

Organic fertilizer is defined as naturally occurring fertilizers or naturally occurring mineral deposits like saltpeter.   Examples of organic fertilizer include manure, slurry, worm castings, peat, seaweed, humic, guano and humic.

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Environmental Problems in the People’s Republic of China

China is rapidly heading towards its anticipated status of the ‘Economic Tiger’ of the 21st Century. The industrial sector of the country is growing in many different categories of products and so is China’s global trade. Being the world’s most populated nation and the would-be industrial giant, China is facing a number of environmental problems within its boundaries and also with its products meant for import. At the same time, the Chinese government is taking various measures in order to control its environment-related problems and make the quality of life better for its people.

The most immediate and extensive environmental concern in contemporary China is that of water quality. According to China’s Ministry of Water Resources, pollution has affected more than 70% of fresh water bodies (rivers and lakes) in the country and nearly 40% of the water in rivers/streams is unfit for drinking or other kinds of human use. This means that over 300 million rural Chinese people are in need of clean drinking water and many of them have suffered, or are suffering, from water-borne diseases associated with contaminants like arsenic, sodium salts, and/fluorine etc.

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