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BEIJING (AP) - China's smog-choked cities and contaminated waterways are leaving many people sick and unable to work, in turn fomenting unrest and threatening the country's economic growth, an international think-tank said Tuesday in a government-requested report.
Concluding an 18-month review, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said China's severely polluted environment has caused "significant damage to human health," hurting the country's prospects for continued economic expansion.
"Clearly a healthy economy needs a healthy environment," said Mario Amano, deputy secretary-general of the Paris-based OECD, which groups 30 industrialized countries.
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