Posts Tagged ‘calamity’
China stops spread of toxic metal in Longjiang River — next task?
Neutralizers of dissolved aluminum chloride added at a water station
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Officials in southern China appear to have averted environmental calamity by halting the spread of a toxic metal that had threatened to foul drinking water for tens of millions of people…Officials said they had successfully diluted the concentration of cadmium, a poisonous component of batteries, that has been coursing down the Longjiang River in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
The spill, which first occurred two weeks ago, prompted a rush on bottled water in several downstream cities and prompted worries that the contamination could reach as far as Hong Kong and Macao.
The cadmium, a substance used in the production of paint, solder and solar cells as well as batteries, has been traced to discharges from a mining company in Guangxi that has since halted production, said Xinhua news agency…
Preparations in New Mexico for Hurricane Irene
It doesn’t even matter if there’s television to watch at the bar. Conversation takes a higher priority. And beer.
