It appears as though China's pollution problem is escalating. In late November they had to shut off the water in Harbin, home of several million people, for a week due to an explosion at a chemical plant that released benzene and other toxic chemicals into a river. The chemicals are expected to reach Russia this week.
More countries - South Korea, Japan, Russia - are naming China as a major source of their pollution. Traces of mercury from China have been reported in New England.
Part of China's problem is the limited staffing of their 'EPA'; they employ 200 professionals, our EPA has 10,000.
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