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Pollution linked to appendix problems

World
2009-10-7

SHORT-TERM exposure to air pollution could trigger appendicitis in adults, possibly because pollutants cause inflammatory responses, according to a Canadian study published on Monday. Researchers found that people...

Battery-plant protest continues

National
2009-9-19

PROTESTS against a battery factory suspected of causing lead pollution in east China continued yesterday as nearly 100 villagers gathered in front of the government of Jiaoyang Township, Fujian Province. They demanded...

Five held over toxic waste put into river

National
2009-8-8

POLICE in east China have arrested three people and detained two responsible for a river pollution crisis that threatened the lives of more than 500,000 people in two provinces. The crisis was the second massive...

509 sickened in chemical plant pollution in central China city

National
2009-8-3

A TOTAL of 509 villagers have been sickened by cadmium, a heavy metal pollutant discharged by a chemical plant in Liuyang City in central China's Hunan Province, the local authority said today. Zhou Mengde, an...

UN: pollution accord enters into force in October

World
2009-7-17

THE United Nations says an international accord requiring governments to publicly identify sites of environmental pollution will come into force on Oct. 8. The UN Economic Commission for Europe, or UNECE, says...

Beijing sees drop in pollution levels

National
2009-7-4

POLLUTION levels in Beijing over the past six months were the lowest in nearly a decade, environmental officials said yesterday. "We can say air quality in Beijing has already improved. We can feel that and see...

Two water plants still shut in Yancheng City

National
2009-2-21

TWO chemical polluted plants have yet to restore tap water supply as of 9:10am today, said sources with the Yancheng City government, Jiangsu Province. The city, with a population of more than 1.5 million, has...

Toxic water flows into Yangtze tributary

National
2008-12-14

TOXIC chemicals caught fire in a plant in Wuhan City, central China's Hubei Province yesterday and waste water flowed into a tributary of the Yangtze River, China's longest, after the fire was put out, local authorities...

Pollution causes water shortage in Songjiang

Metro | Environment
2008-10-20

THOUSANDS of residents face a water shortage due to pollution at a water utility in Shanghai’s Songjiang District, Since Wednesday, Zhongshan Residential Area residents said their tap water had a peculiar smell,...

Beijing dangles bonus for firms to cut pollution

National
2008-10-19

BEIJING enterprises could get a government bonus ranging from 500,000 yuan (US$73,195) to 2.3 million yuan for ceasing high-pollution production, the city's finance bureau announced today. The move is to stimulate...