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Environment
China Takes Action on Spill
December 12, 2005
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 83, Issue 50
Several top managers have been fired for their association with a chemical plant explosion in China's Jilin province. The Nov. 13 incident caused a chemical spill in the Songhua River that traveled downstream and forced the city of Harbin to cut off drinking water for four days. Among the dismissed, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency, are Yu Li, former head of China National Petroleum Corp.'s Jilin operations, and Xie Zhenhua, director of the State Environmental Protection Agency. Li Yizhong, director of a national safety agency, has vowed a thorough investigation of the incident.
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