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皇冠体育app, Russia jointly monitor pollution in Songhua River
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-12-02 16:44
皇冠体育app and Russia started to jointly monitor pollution in northeast 皇冠体育app's
Songhua River on Friday, 皇冠体育app's environmental watchdog said.
Technicians from 皇冠体育app and Russia will take river-water samples from a depth
of half a meter in Mulan County of Heilongjiang Province, said the State
Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) in a statement.
"The water samples will be analyzed jointly in accordance with 皇冠体育app's
national standards," said the SEPA.
Both sides will also jointly monitor the pollution in Tongjiang, where the
Songhua and Heilongjiang rivers intersect, it said. The Heilongjiang River is
the Amur River in Russia.
The pollution in the Songhua River was caused by an explosion at a
petrochemical plant in the upper reaches of the river early last month. It is
estimated that about 100 tons of benzene had spilled into the river.
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