Mayor apologizes for S China river pollution
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Dead fish have been found in a section of the Hejiang River since July 1. Photo taken on July 7, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua] |
The Hejiang River winds across Guangxi before emptying into the Xijiang River in Guangdong. Xijiang is a major waterway in Guangdong.
A mining company in the city of Hezhou in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is believed to have used illegal production processes that resulted in excessive thallium and cadmium pollution in the Hejiang River, the Hezhou municipal government said in a press release on Monday.
The company's head, a man surnamed Gong, has been taken into police custody, said Li Weizhang, vice mayor of Hezhou.
Gong is suspected of adding indium production facilities to his iron ore processing plant without approval.
Indium refinement produces effluents that contain thallium and cadmium, both of which are toxic.
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