Hidden costs of China’s straw-burning ban · X. Feng et al.
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Edited by Jennifer Sills Villagers burn straw from wheat fields in Jiangsu Province, China. Hidden costs of China’s straw-burning ban In recent years, governments worldwide have regulated or banned open-field burning of crop straw, a long-standing agricultural disposal practice that can cause severe air pollution and associated health risks (1). In China, the world’s largest producer of crop straw (2), local governments implemented strict straw-burning bans in 2013 to reduce its environmental and social harms (3). Between 2013 and 2022, annual agricultural fire spots across 19 Chinese provinces decreased by more than 80% (4). However, the apparent success of the bans does not take into account the costs borne by already disadvantaged farmers. …
摘自《科学》(Science)第393卷 第6812期 · 2026年8月13日,X. Feng et al.。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。