China Cleaning Up Two Toxic Spills on Yangtze River, Drinking Water Source of Millions
November 3rd, 2009
Should Shipping on the Yangtze be Made Safer and Cleaner?
Even when everything's going according to plan, cargo ships can be major sources of air pollution (see "Just 15 of the world's biggest ships may now emit as much pollution as all the world's 760m cars"), but when things go wrong and they're carrying dangerous chemicals, things can degenerate quite a bit. Chinese workers are currently trying to clean up two spills that took place on the Yangtze River this week (oil was spilled in one case and hydr...Read the full story on TreeHuggerRead the rest of the story from source
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