Like it or not, people prefer wealth with a risk of cancer to rural poverty. If they didn&#x27;t, they would remain in their remote rural villages instead of flocking <i>into</i> the highly polluted factory areas.<p>Delhi is another example of this (it&#x27;s 3x worse than Beijing right now). I hate the place; this month it was so polluted that I couldn&#x27;t see across my office complex. But if you use violence to force the Biharis to stay home (i.e., give up free trade) you&#x27;ll have a riot on your hands.<p>Yeah, free trade is in fact better than dire poverty, which is the alternative.