Shanghai water supply hit by 100-tonne wave of garbage: effects of environmental waste.
Medical
waste, broken bottles and household trash are some of the items found in more
than 100 tonnes of garbage salvaged near a drinking water reservoir in
Shanghai.
The
suspected culprits are two ships that have been dumping waste upstream in the
Yangtze River.
The river, then flowed downstream to the reservoir on Shanghai’s
Chongming Island, which is also home to about 700,000 people.
The
reservoir at the mouth of the river is one of the four main sources of drinking
water for the country’s largest city.
China
has struggled with air, soil and water pollution for years during its economic
boom, with officials often protecting industry and silencing citizens that
complain.
China’s
cities are often blanketed in toxic smog, while earlier this year more than 80%
of water wells used by farms, factories and rural households were found to be
unsafe for drinking because of pollution.
Source:
The Guardian
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