Pure Sea

Eighteen-year-old Lin Wan died of organ failure caused by heavy metal pollution 20 years after Country R's nuclear wastewater was discharged. Before she died, she saw the nurse's hands shaking as she adjusted the pain pump to the maximum dose. Her mother held her hand, her nails digging into her jagged wrist bones. When the ECG monitor emitted a sharp beep, she heard a beast-like whimper rolling out of her mother's throat.