Editor's note 10/6/2021: Souvid Datta, the photographer interviewed and whose work was originally featured in this article, admitted in a 2017 interview with Time that he manipulated his images from 2013 to 2015, and presented them as real events. Datta has since disclosed to WIRED that the images depicted in this article were among those he altered. We have removed these images and the interview, in accordance with our editorial standards.
The Brutal Reality of Life in China's Most Polluted Cities
A photographer documents China's 'Cancer Villages,' telling the human story of pollution.
