Probe seeks to confirm culprit in toxic waste dumping
By Zheng Jinran | China Daily | Updated: 2016-04-15 07:38
The national environmental watchdog has started a probe into the alleged illegal discharge of untreated sewage and toxic waste into a river and lake in Xinyu city, Jiangxi province.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Thursday that it suspects Yichun Zhong'an Industrial Co, a chemical plant, discharged the pollutants on April 3.
The waste that spewed into the Yuanhe River, which links to Xiannyu Lake, contained toxic chemicals including arsenic, thallium and cadmium.
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