(October 31, 2000) Twenty major factories, including 11 along the Yangtze River, must take immediate steps to address serious environmental safety problems, SEPA announces.
Development should take back seat to clean rivers
(September 25, 2000) Huge amounts of pollutants released by chemical companies along the Yangtze River and the Yellow River are severely endangering both rivers.
China’s longest river ‘cancerous’ with pollution
(November 19, 1999) China’s longest river is "cancerous" with pollution and rapidly dying, threatening drinking water supplies in 186 cities along its banks, state media said on Tuesday. Chinese environmental experts fear worsening pollution could kill the Yangtze river within five years, Xinhua news agency said, calling for an urgent clean-up.
City water vulnerable to ‘cancerous’ river
(November 1, 1999) Experts warned yesterday that the Yangtze River has become so "cancerous" with pollution that it is threatening the safety of drinking water in Shanghai and other cities along its banks.
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