Fuel spill pollutes water for one million Chinese

Hundreds of thousands of Chinese were ordered to stop drinking water from the Yellow River today after diesel fuel leaked into a tributary.

Fuel spill pollutes water for one million Chinese
Mon, 04 Jan, 2010 - 12:30

Hundreds of thousands of Chinese were ordered to stop drinking water from the Yellow River today after diesel fuel leaked into a tributary.

The accident is the latest environmental disaster to strike China’s waterways, considered among the world’s most heavily polluted.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: Yellow RiverPlace: Wei RiverPlace: western Shanxi provincePlace: ChinaOrganisation: China National PetroleumOrganisation: Ministry of Environmental ProtectionOrganisation: ChinaOrganisation: Environmental Ministry
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