Saturday, December 03, 2005

The week the drinking water stopped

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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