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Toxic chemicals fall into the Yangtze

by Hui Ching-hoo, Hong Kong — last modified Aug 21, 2009 01:29 PM

A CHINESE official says salvage work is still ongoing after 12 containers filled with toxic chemicals fell into the Yangtze River last week.

The accident occurred upstream in the Yangtze River, near Yichang. Sixty-two containers fell from the 3,000-tonne Hanglong 51, registered in Chongqing, as the ship tried to accelerate.
Twelve of the boxes contained hazardous chemicals. Six held potassium permanganate, five...

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