Anyone who has access to the New York Times online should check out
the story about heavy pollution in China's Henan province in the Sept.
12th issue. It's pretty hair-raising. When I look at maps of
tea-producing regions in China they don't correspond with this
particular region that the paper is talking about, but still...seems
(from the article) like environmental protection is so lax there that
I question whether "organic" really has any meaning, especially if the
water used to irrigate with (hypothetically speaking, that is) is
tainted.

From what the article said, seems like another Love Canal on a much
larger scale over there....


Melinda