China Shuts Factory, Detains Seven for Chemical Spill

Reuters: Chinese authorities have closed a factory and detained a manager and seven others following a chemical spill on a tributary to the Songhua River, which was poisoned by a huge benzene spill late last year. The Changbai Jingxi Chemical Company dumped about 10 cubic metres of chemicals into the Mangniu River in northeast China's Jilin province on Aug. 21, the chief of China's State Environmental Protection Administration, Zhou Shengxian, said in a report in the China Environment News on ...Link