Saturday, January 29, 2011

Jilin City, China

A chemical plant belonging to China National Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec) exploded in Jilin City on 13 November 2005.



More than 10,000 residents were evacuated to avoid chemical pollution. The explosion severely polluted the Songhua River, with an estimated 100 tons of pollutants containing benzene and nitrobenzene entering the water.



A long toxic slick also drifted down the Amur River, where the recorded benzene level was at one point 108 times above national safety levels.





Jilin chemical plant explosions

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