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- China says spring thawing no threat for toxic-spill hit river
- BEIJING AFP — China's top environmental official has said the thawing of ice in the spring will not repollute the Songhua River, the scene of a severe toxic chemical spill last year. "The final conclusion is that this spring, the Songhua River will not have a second incident of...
- Research articles 2006-03-11
- Dike to defend Russian city from Chinese toxic slick nearly built
- VLADIVOSTOK, Russia AFP — Authorities in the far eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk have nearly finished building a dike to protect the city from a toxic slick released by last month's factory blast in China. "There's about 50 metres left" to build of the projected 200-metre (650-foot) long dike,...
- Research articles 2005-12-07
- LEAD: China apologizes to Russia over river contamination
- BEIJING, Nov. 26 Kyodo (EDS: CHANGING DATELINE & UPDATING WITH PREMIER'S VISIT TO HARBIN, XINHUA REPORT OF LI-RAZOV MEETING) Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing formally apologized to Russia on Saturday over the contamination of shared river water following a chemical plant blast in China, the...
- Research articles 2005-11-28
- LEAD: China apologizes to Russia over river contamination
- BEIJING, Nov. 26 Kyodo (EDS: CHANGING DATELINE & UPDATING WITH PREMIER'S VISIT TO HARBIN, XINHUA REPORT OF LI-RAZOV MEETING) Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing formally apologized to Russia on Saturday over the contamination of shared river water following a chemical plant blast in China, the...
- Research articles 2005-11-28
- Harbin residents get water back after toxic spill
- HARBIN, China AFP — Authorities in the Chinese city of Harbin restored running water to its 3.8 million residents, five days after supplies were cut off due to a massive toxic spill in the city's river, state media said. The governor of Heilongjiang province, Zhang Zuoji, took the first...
- Research articles 2005-11-26
- China's Harbin endures third day without water, environmental fears
- HARBIN, China AFP — Millions of residents in China's Harbin city endured their third full day without running water due to a toxic chemical spill, as concerns grew over the long-term impacts of the disaster. Harbin's taps remained turned off as an 80-kilometer (50-mile) slick of the carcinogen benzene...
- Research articles 2005-11-24
- 80-kilometer slick flows into China's Harbin city
- HARBIN, China AFP — An 80-kilometer-long (49-mile) slick of highly toxic benzene flowed along the icy Songhua river into one of China's biggest cities, contaminating water supplies for up to four million people. The carcinogenic chemical reached the outskirts of Harbin, capital of the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, on...
- Research articles 2005-11-23
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- China punishes officials over Songhua River toxic spill
- BEIJING AFP — China has punished officials over a toxic spill into its third-biggest river last year that alerted the nation to the environmental hazards of rapid economic growth. The officials received demerits, were demoted or dismissed for their handling of the November 2005 blast at a chemical plant operated...
- Research articles 2006-11-24
- China's Katrina
- Bungling, delay, cover-up. When such missteps follow a major disaster, officials often have to resign. We saw it unfold in the United States after the killer hurricane Katrina. Now we're seeing heads roll in China, following the Nov. 13 chemical plant explosion that killed five people and spilled 100 tons...
- Research articles 2005-12-06
- Water cut off in China's Harbin city amid chemical scare
- BEIJING, AFP — Water supplies were cut off in one of China's biggest cities, as the government confirmed a potential chemical leak into river water from a factory blast was behind the "emergency" measure. Water to the urban districts of Harbin, the capital of northeastern Heilongjiang province, were stopped...
- Research articles 2005-11-22
- CHINA: Construction plans for proposed $25,000,000 air separation plant is part of proposed $670,000,000 investment over the next 5 years, AIR LIQUIDE S.A. [France] - Order #: 010505.
- PROJECT OVERVIEW: France-based AIR LIQUIDE S.A. recently secured a 15-year contract to supply the local LI DONG CHEMICAL a manufacturer of benzene, toluene and xylene, for which large quantities of gaseous nitrogen are required. Consequently, the French company is now gearing-up to build...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Russian region appeals for help over China toxic slick
- VLADIVOSTOK, Russia AFP — The governor of Russia's eastern province of Khabarovsk appealed to Moscow and Beijing for "exhaustive measures" to protect inhabitants from a benzene slick moving towards the Russian border from China. "The consequences of pollution in the Amur river will be long-term and it will take...
- Research articles 2005-12-05
- New monitoring mission as Chinese slick moves closer to Russia
- VLADIVOSTOK, Russia AFP — A joint Russian-Chinese monitoring mission was inaugurated as a toxic chemical spill in China's Songhua River came within 100 kilometres (62 miles) of Russia's Amur River. The joint monitoring of water samples on both sides of the Russian-Chinese border is the latest attempt to limit...
- Research articles 2005-12-12
- China, Russia race to finish dam as poison slick nears urban center
- KHABAROVSK, Russia AFP — Thousands of Chinese laborers supported by Russian military helicopters and hundreds of trucks raced against time to finish a dam to protect the Russian city of Khabarovsk from a toxic spill expected to hit Wednesday, officials said. Officials said Tuesday the sandbag dam, one of...
- Research articles 2005-12-20
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