From the International Herald Tribune:
Fetid blue-green algae has appeared in an eastern Chinese lake but does not threaten water supplies, state media reported, a week after similar algae contaminated millions of people’s drinking water in a neighboring province.Environmental officials in Anhui province were closely monitoring the potentially poisonous algae bloom in Lake Chao, China’s fifth-largest freshwater lake. . .[Full Text]
See also the Xinhua report that explains how officials are trying to control the algae and (Updated) “Disaster in Taihu Lake” by environmentalist Ma Jun, on ChinaDialogue. Also, the CDT coverage of Wu Lihong’s efforts to expose Lake Tai’s pollution.
