Chinese toxic spill threatens Russian city
A toxic spill from a Chinese factory is now threatening the Russian city of Khabarovsk, where 580,000 people now face pollution and the possibility that their heating may have to be switched off despite sub-zero temperatures.
Specialists have detected an increase in benzene in the Amur River in Russia’s far east and the regional governor said authorities may have to shut down the city’s central heating system, a move that could prove disastrous in a region where daytime temperatures today were hovering around minus 20 degrees Celsius and where residences are overwhelmingly warmed by water heating at central facilities.
