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The tap water supply for 80,000 residents in
"We have informed the residents through television and radio that they could have clean and safe water," Tong Kangning, secretary of the Yueyang County Committee of the Communist Party of China told Xinhua. The local government is continuing to monitor water quality even though tests have showed the water is safe to drink. "The county's disease control department has sent workers to some homes to test if the tap water is OK," said Tong. No casualties have been reported from the contamination in Two chemical plants less than The factories have been shut down and police have detained Yao Zhaohui and Liu Chengping, two managers of the factories in Linxiang city They could face criminal charges and prosecution, said Pan Yue,deputy head of the State Administration of Environmental Protection. The two companies had not passed any environmental assessments and had no pollution treatment facilities. They have been discharging waste water directly into the Arsenic trioxide is a highly toxic white powdery substance that can cause vomiting, stomach pains and convulsions, and can lead to coma or death. A chronic intake of arsenide can also cause liver and kidney damage or lung and skin cancer. (Xinhua News Agency September 13, 2006) |
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