The bleach being used to disinfect the streets of Leigu, to prevent the spread of disease after the earthquake, caught fire and injured up to 61 soldiers and an unknown number of civilians. From the Los Angeles Times: A...
Read MoreFrom the Jerusalem Post: The Chinese Environmental Ministry has urgently requested more water testing systems from the Israeli company Check-Light to determine if there was major water pollution caused by the earthquake which...
Read MoreDue to China’s economic boom and the status of shark’s fin soup at events, such as weddings, a recent United Nations study claims that the Chinese are inadvertently threatening the survival of many shark species....
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: The massive earthquake that struck Sichuan Province on May 12 has had little impact on coal production in China, a senior official of the State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) said Saturday. All 294 coal mines...
Read MoreOfficials and experts worry that a severe lack of clean drinking water, especially in rural areas, will raise the death toll from the Sichuan earthquake. From Reuters: There is water everywhere in China’s quake-ravaged...
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