Stone Houses in Yangjiang, China

Yangjiang is the high-radiation area in China. Its main feature is a huge number of houses built of sand and clay brick. These building materials act as a source of a high background radiation. The fact is that the extraction of sand and clay for making bricks was carried out in one of the local mountain regions, which is rich in the rare rock element - monazite.

This element has the ability to break down into a series of radioactive elements including radon, radium, and actinium. This feature of the building material was found very late, after it has irreparably harmed the health of thousands of people. A number of cancer patients in the region exceeds the average for the country and the world.

Yangjiang City has rich history. Today, it is known for its industrial plants that produce knives and scissors. It has become a real homeland for many people. They do not want to leave the infected place, even under the threat of death. Naturally, no one lives in old stone houses today. This area of ​​the city has been deserted and almost completely destroyed for a long time. However, no serious measures to purify it from infected objects were performed. Thus, it possesses the threat to health of indigenous people. Next - Infected Apartment in Kramatorsk