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China oil leak poisons water for millions
An oil pipe leak caused excessive levels of the toxic chemical benzene in a major Chinese city’s water supply, prompting warnings against drinking from the tap and sending residents to queue up to buy bottled water.
The scare, which has affected more than 2.4 million people in the northwestern city of Lanzhou, has once again raised concerns over safety of China’s oil pipes.
Last year, a ruptured oil pipeline resulted in explosions in the eastern city of Qingdao, killing 62 people.
In Lanzhou, a crude oil pipeline run by the state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. had a leak that tainted the source water feeding a local water plant, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Phone calls to the oil company’s local and national offices rang unanswered on Saturday.
The city of Lanzhou said it has been monitoring levels of benzene in water pipes to ensure public safety, while local residents have been lining up to stock up on bottled water.
7 Comments on "China oil leak poisons water for millions"
DMyers on Sun, 13th Apr 2014 12:48 am
It can’t happen here.
Makati1 on Sun, 13th Apr 2014 3:22 am
DM, thanks for the chuckle. ^_^
DC on Sun, 13th Apr 2014 3:35 am
Inst it kind of Ironic watching a guy push a cart full of water-bottle in toxic BPA laden plastics, which he will no doubt be loading into this gas-burning mobile trash can, because an oil company poisoned the water supply(again)? Doesn’t it seem……fitting somehow? Not in a good way, mind you, but somehow, the circles complete….
GregT on Sun, 13th Apr 2014 4:36 am
Sounds like China is finally starting to catch up with the West. A few decades behind for sure, but they’re working on it……………
Kenz300 on Sun, 13th Apr 2014 3:11 pm
Fossil fuels — poisoning the world……….
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PrestonSturges on Sun, 13th Apr 2014 3:56 pm
At some point the Chinese will realize that a stable middle class will always be just out of reach and most of them are working themselves to death for nothing.
Davy, Hermann, MO on Mon, 14th Apr 2014 11:22 am
China is the canary in the coal mine for the effects of population overshoot with that society facing the diminishing returns of an industrial society in regards to pollution, food stress, and water stress. We cannot decouple from this “China Syndrome” and it will bring on the end of the complex global status quo BAU all locals throughout the world depend on. The industrial west came up with the ingredient list for the game ending cocktail China produced enough to kill us.