BEIJING, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Thousands of dead fish washing up in a river in central China due to ammonia pollution from an upstream factory, environmental officials said.
More than 110 tons of dead fish have been removed from the Fu River in Hubei province in central China since villagers began noticing the problem Monday, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
The World Health Organization took samples from the water and found 196 milligrams per liter of ammonia -- far exceeding the natural 2 milligrams per liter normally found in freshwater. Drinking water has about 0.2 milligrams per liter of the chemical.
Chinese officials stressed the Fu River is not a source of drinking water though Xinhua said local residents frequently use it for fishing.
The Fu River does, however, flow into the Yangtze, China's longest river, the watershed for which is a source of drinking water for 40 percent of the nation's population.
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I really feel sorry for the Chinese people, they're paying such a heavy price for their industrialisation, so much pollution, so badly regulated.
