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Firms 'fail to come clean in China'

Air, waterways and soils at risk of pollution as multinationals violate Chinese regulations, says reportShell, Nestlé and Motorola are among 18 corporations that have failed to come clean about how dirty their operations are in China, according to a... ...full story at Guardian Unlimited

from Guardian Unlimited on Tue, Oct 13 2009

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