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Arsenic Pollutes River In Central China
Beijing (AFP) Sep 10, 2006 Over 100,000 villagers in central China have been told not to drink local river water after arsenic from a neighboring chemical plant contaminated the waterway, state press reported Sunday. The government of Yueyang county in populous Hunan province is implementing an emergency plan to deal with the pollution, while fire engines have been dispatched to provide drinking water, Xinhua news agency said. The pollution was sourced to a leaking waste-water pond on the Xinqiang river belonging to a chemical plant 50 kilometers (30 miles) upriver from Yueyang county, it said. Monitors found arsenic trioxide in the water, which can lead to vomiting, stomach pain and even cancer and death, it said. No casualties have been reported so far. China's media have become more open about pollution since the government acknowledged the need to adjust the nation's development model after largely ignoring environmental issues during 25 years of robust economic growth.
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China Lead Poisoning Caused By Substandard Waste System
Beijing (AFP) Sep 10, 2006Substandard pollution control at a smelter in northwest China has been identified as the cause of a widening lead poisoning scandal that could affect up to 2,000 people, state media said Sunday. Environmental experts found that the waste disposal system at the Huixian County Non-Ferrous Metal Smelting Plant in poverty-stricken Gansu province did not meet national standards, Xinhua news agency reported. |
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