It has been quite some time since Jiangsu's scandal of toxic brownfields was first exposed but the problems are not over.

Based on the statistic provided by the parents, as of the morning of April 26, 2016, sixty two 7th and 8th grade students have transferred to other schools, six students have dropped out, five students have applied for long leave and another five students went abroad.

ANBOUND’s research team is of the view that the serious pollution in this city is causing negative follow-up effects, the transfer of the students to other schools shows that the middle-class population in the city is casting vote of confidence by fleeing from the city.

Not only that the middle-class families form an integral part of the stability of a city and the country as a whole, they are also the backbones of urban development.

This is a serious lesion for the governors of the cities in China, if they continue to develop the cities with the existing method, as soon as the environmental contamination worsens, there will be massive loss of middle-class families and consequently, these cities are not far from their doom days.