Pollution fear grips Russian city
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4469680.stm
This is a report from the BBC, published on 25th November 2005 that describes a 50 mile stretch of water, contaminated with benzene, that is moving towards the far eastern city of Khabarovsk from China. The article is framed around the need for the people not to panic and for shop owners and others not to attempt to profit from the approaching threat by selling out their bottled water. The city authorites have 70 tankers set up to supply the population should the mains system have to be shut down while the benzene spill is being monitored.
Related Links:
China’s apology – http://www.terradaily.com/reports/China_Apologizes_To_Russia_Over_Toxic_Benzene_Spill.html
DREF – http://wwwnotes.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/6686f45896f15dbc852567ae00530132/604be3b91e9ef5fc4925714c0004797a?OpenDocument
