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China tries workaround for soil pollution:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-22/best-spirits-of-2017-whiskey-tequila-mezcal-liqueurs

‘Plant Factories’ Churn Out Clean Food in China’s Dirty Cities

…About a fifth of China's arable land contains levels of toxins exceeding national standards, the government said in 2014. That's more than half the size of California.

About 14 percent of domestic grain is laced with such heavy metals as cadmium, arsenic and lead, scientists at government-affiliated universities wrote in 2015. The danger is most evident in industrial coastal provinces, where many of the world’s iPhones and Nikes are manufactured.

The government of Guangdong province, adjacent to Hong Kong, said in 2013 that 44 percent of the rice sampled locally was laced with excessive cadmium, which can damage organs and weaken bones if consumed regularly in high quantities.