Eastday-Tap water in Liuzhou safe for drinking
Monitors at the Liuzhou disease prevention and control center examine water samples from various parts of the city on Wednesday. The monitors take samples every few hours to ensure tap water supply to city residents.
Tap water in Liuzhou safe for drinking
The source of cadmium contamination in the Liujiang River had been blocked and tap water in Liuzhou is safe to drink, said environmental officials of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Wednesday.
China detains seven over river pollution scandal
Workers checking the tap-water pipes after suspected industrial waste discharges polluted a river with toxic cadmium, threatening drinking supplies for millions in Liuzhou,south China's Guangxi province.
Cadmium Pollution Flows Downstream In Tainted China River
LIUZHOU (Guangxi), Jan 27 (Bernama) -- Cadmium pollution caused by a mining firm has been found downstream of a tainted south China river, prompting local authorities to monitor drinking water safety more closely, China's Xinhua news agency reported.
China cadmium spill threatens drinking water for millions
BEIJING (Reuters) - A cancer-causing cadmium discharge from a mining company has polluted a long stretch of two rivers in southern China, and officials warned some 3.7 million people of Liuzhou in the Guangxi region to avoid drinking water from the river, state media reported on Friday. Pollution of waterways by toxic run-offs from factories and farms is a pressing issue in China, prompting ...
River contamination causes panic buying of bottled water in Liuzhou
A man buys bottled water at a supermarket in Liuzhou City, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 25, 2012. The Guangxi Jinhe Mining Co. Ltd. has been held responsible for discharging cadmium pollutants, contaminating the Longjiang River in Hechi City of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local authorities confirmed Wednesday.