Polluting plant hasn't resumed, officials say

    Updated: 2011-10-22 09:10

    By Zhao Yinan and Guo Anfei (China Daily)

      Comments() Print Mail Large Medium  Small 分享按鈕 0

    KUNMING - Officials denied on Friday that a plant that had been ordered to close after killing dozens of farm animals with pollution has resumed operations. The statement came in response to suspicions that the operation had reopened in late September.

    The plant, now processing the waste, has suspended its production since August, as instructed by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, said Quan Ende, deputy head of the publicity department in Qujing city of Southwest China's Yunnan province.

    Quan said the company started detoxifying hazardous chromium residue in late September and will begin operations in a second waste processing facility in the first half of 2012.

    "About 150,000 tons of chromium residue can be detoxified by the end of next year," he said.

    Chang Cheng, an official with Friends of Nature, an environmental protection organization, verified during an inspection of the plant that the detoxification process was under way.

    "As far as I know, part of the facility is to process the waste, and other parts to manufacture vitamins, but none of them is to produce chromium," he said.

    Chang said the situation in Qujing is still "disturbing", adding that the waste has been piled here and there without guarding against seepage and has thus threatened water and soil.

    "Residents dug a new well to replace the polluted one," he said. "And most farmers have begun planting corn, instead of the wheat that they used to, because it is used to feed pigs instead of people."

    Previously, more than 5,000 tons of chromium compound, a highly toxic heavy metal, and waste from the chemical plant were dumped in three townships in Qujing, killing 77 sheep and endangering thousands of residents.

    Chromium residue is a hazardous waste material generated during the production of chromium and chromium salt.

    The plant is located along the Nanpan River, the headwaters of the Pearl River, which provide drinking water for residents along the lower reaches.

    After the dumping, five people were arrested, and the Friends of Nature filed a lawsuit against the plant, demanding it make restitution for the losses and establish a compensation fund.

    Quan also said the authorities have been monitoring the water quality of the Pearl River and the result is published online every day.

    "Water quality has remained within normal safety levels, and we are also working on a gauging system to test the soil conditions," he said. A large vegetable supplier, Qujing provides about 4,000 tons of vegetables annually to Hong Kong consumers.

    无码专区AAAAAA免费视频| 亚洲男人第一无码aⅴ网站| 久久久久无码精品| 无码国产精品一区二区免费虚拟VR | 亚洲精品人成无码中文毛片| 亚洲AV永久无码天堂影院| 性无码免费一区二区三区在线| 中文字幕免费视频一| 亚洲.欧美.中文字幕在线观看| 国产成人AV一区二区三区无码| 中文字幕无码一区二区免费| 一区二区中文字幕 | 久久精品中文无码资源站| 国产乱人无码伦av在线a| 在线播放无码高潮的视频 | 亚洲AV无码乱码国产麻豆| 日韩乱码人妻无码中文字幕视频| 中文字幕人妻丝袜乱一区三区| 草草久久久无码国产专区| 日日麻批免费40分钟无码| 在线观看片免费人成视频无码 | 日韩欧精品无码视频无删节 | 亚洲国产精品无码久久SM| 亚洲日本中文字幕天天更新| 最近高清中文在线国语字幕5| 亚洲国产综合精品中文第一区| 波多野结衣中文字幕免费视频| 中文字幕人妻中文AV不卡专区| 最近中文字幕在线中文高清版| 中文在线中文A| 亚洲精品一级无码鲁丝片| 婷婷五月六月激情综合色中文字幕| 亚洲av无码成人精品区在线播放| 久久精品?ⅴ无码中文字幕| 91精品久久久久久无码 | 五十路熟妇高熟无码视频| 亚洲AV无码成H人在线观看| 亚洲av无码天堂一区二区三区| 综合无码一区二区三区| 人妻少妇久久中文字幕一区二区| 最近完整中文字幕2019电影|