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Read these yourself la
http://www.google.com/hostednews ... R3420c9jQQD9H4QII00
part of the article:

Officials have warned of a "severe threat" to sea life and water quality as China's latest environmental crisis spread off the shores of Dalian, once named China's most livable city. One cleanup worker drowned this week, his body coated in crude.

Cleanup workers have reported using chopsticks and their bare hands to remove the gooey oil from the sea, while state media said 2,000 soldiers, 40 oil-skimming boats and hundreds of fishing boats were helping with the cleanup.

Environmental group Greenpeace, which has a team at the scene, urged the government to warn residents on nearby coastlines of the dangers.

"Greenpeace was ... surprised to see that the beaches have not been closed to visitors and lack any warning signs," Greenpeace China said in a statement Friday evening. "As a result, locals and visitors unaware of the extent of the oil spill were playing in the water with their kids, risking exposure to petroleum."

It said fishermen without equipment were doing most of the cleanup work at one of Dalian's most popular beaches, Jin****an.

"They don't even have face masks, the most basic and necessary of precautions. They don't even know that they need to protect their skin from crude oil," said Zhong Yu, one of the Greenpeace workers.

"We strongly urge the government to send professional staff and safety equipment to work on the cleanup process," Zhong said in the group's statement.

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回復 14# peter236

but no matter how big or small the spill is... no gov should let their ppl clean up oil by "their bare hands"!!!

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/world/asia/24china.html?src=mv
NY Times states that this spill is much smaller compare to the BP spill. But still, this is something China needs to handle properly.

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On Thursday, an oil tanker came into port at Dalian, the first tanker to do so since the explosion. Dalian is one of China’s major oil production and distribution centers, and the refinery there is one of the nation’s largest. The damaged pipeline at Xingang has been repaired and is now transporting oil again.

The size of the Dalian spill is only a tiny fraction of the slick that resulted from the recent BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Who does not know they need to deal with the oil spill? China is using the necessary measures. Thi ...
peter236 發表於 2010-7-23 10:44 AM

so stop eating import seafood. Eat local. (and seasonal ...i.e. less choice and more $)