Chemical plant in Jiangsu Province have been accused of underground poison harmful

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Interface news has reported in detail, Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province, a pig farm has been reported for "underground possession of tons" event with the latest developments.

According to the people's daily reported, the State Department of environmental protection has recently held workshops and set up a group, Jiangsu provincial environmental protection office supervising the joint case. Jiangsu provincial public Security Bureau of food and drug investigating environmental crime investigation Brigade in Jingjiang. Chemical experts worry that if the "underground poison tons" case, soil remediation will pay a high price.

On September 24, the Yunnan businessman Zhou Jiangang in Jingjiang forums through text and pictures in the form of more than local pesticide and chemical enterprises in pig farms in the nearly 20 years of illegal chemical landfill of hazardous waste ("underground possession of tons") real name publicly reported. Report says Zhou Jiangang, farm operators had died, his death more than 10 years, receiving large amounts of pesticide residue waste in such enterprises. Interface news coverage of this event in detail for the first time, causing concern of the community and the competent authorities.

After the incident was exposed, alleged by the listed company concerned yangnong chemical and Evergreen shares have announced the first time, said Hou He chemical not related to illegal disposal of hazardous waste.

Jingjiang Government does not stand for the first time after this incident, reported until ten days after the close of the incident during the national day holiday, Jingjiang city, informed the Government about the progress of the event. According to the people's daily reported, the city informed that preliminary tests huashun pig-breeding farm in the city (formerly formerly Hou He petrochemical) found in soil of harmful substances, that index will be around 18 crops are in line with the relevant standards, within a certain range of monitor point feature was not detected pollution factors. However it is worth noting is that informed the harmful ingredients, and damage amounts were not disclosed. Postponed four years say unfinished Jinan also

Reported that after Nanjing soil pollution control by the Central Branch of the Department of environmental protection Research Center on the farm and surrounding area 112 soil sampling survey and survey analysis (drilling depth 10-13 m), Preliminary detection farms within (accounted for to 15.34 acres) soil found harmful material, field outside South 5 meters range underground 3-4 meters has light infiltration, in can control can governance range; field around farmland not by pollution; site survey sampling analysis work also in for in the; through delegate third party authority detection institutions, on farms around rice, and soybean, and taro, 18 a crop of 4-6 items metal index, and 88 items agricultural residual index for detection, results displayed are meet corresponding national products quality standard, Around normal crop growth; by Jing-Thai border to farms North of 900 meters, 700 meters west of the two monitoring points, implementing tracking, feature was not detected pollution factors.

Circular also said public security, prosecution is legally according to the rules of the judiciary full and thorough investigations, Jingjiang city, Taizhou Public Security Bureau, in conjunction with public security detachment, Jingjiang city environmental protection Bureau and other departments to set up a joint task force, work on sources and other key aspects of the incident.

Previously, Jingjiang city environmental protection Bureau Director Zhu Jing said the city had set up a special investigation team, police also had to intervene. Current farm residents safe drinking water, River East 900 meters, within 700 meters west of detection characteristics of pollution factors.

However, this view did not take kindly to the residents nearby, hoping more authoritative higher authorities looking into the matter and give a more clear statement.

Surrounding the incident a number of residents had told interface journalists, Zhou Jiangang reported for this for a long time, but it seems that has been unsolved. It said in the report, Jiangsu yangnong chemical company limited, Jiangsu Changqing agrochemical company two listed petrochemical company entrusted the Marquis River to deal with the hazardous waste from the two pesticide companies, Hou He petrochemical waste landfill in factory underground, heavily contaminated soil and drinking water.

Zhou Jiangang, on February 8, he signed a transfer agreement with huashun pig-breeding farms and notarized. On March 5, he leads the staff formally assigned to farms, 10 days after the skin severe disease: hardening of the skin, ulcers, pruritus. Zhou Jiangang, said the doctor's diagnosis, main causes of skin lesions exist in chemical pollution of the living environment to stimulate, cause cutaneous symptoms caused by a sudden drop in immunity. His survey found that chemical waste buried deep within the farm, gross tons. Zhou Jiangang sampling to detect, test report shows samples containing 35 organic composition and content of each organism, "these organic compounds from 80% belonging to highly carcinogenic substance, content exceed the State standards of carcinogenic substances in soil and thousands of times more than some material even up to tens of thousands of times more than double".

Jingjiang city environmental protection Bureau Director Zhu Jing said after July this year reported Zhou Jiangang, they adopted a series of measures, has taken emergency measures and clear total landfill commissioned the Central Branch of Nanjing soil evaluation and Taizhou city environmental monitoring agencies and the degree and scope of the these pollutants be dealt with according to law, commissioning related repair soil again. Zhu Jing also said the EPA had for years knew nothing about this until Zhou Jiangang source known, the Bureau immediately sent to the scene to investigate, within the Visual part of the presence of hazardous waste area, immediately invited to Taizhou city environmental monitoring center sampling and initial budget for the land underground more than 3 tons of hazardous waste landfill, then the case is related to environmental crimes were handed over to the public security organs.

The plant has a business qualification to dispose of hazardous waste? Xinhua Zhu Jing told the people's daily said the plant's license for the first time in September 2005, is for the second time in 2006, is valid until 2011. But in fact, the company began working in the hazardous waste industry as early as 2000, prior to September 2005 are operating without a licence, explained Zhu Jing does not permit. Zhu Jing said the factory starting from 2011 it is not operating properly, was subsequently written off into farms, but told reporters the "chemical plant to do he spents the need for environmental assessment" is avoided.

Interface journalists for several days to call Zhou Jiangang phone multiple times, both in the call forwarding phone calls reminding States. In its left leave a text message on a mobile phone was not returned for more than 10 days. At present, for whistle-blowers to people concerned, the network has been linked with informants, "lost", and Jingjiang official said Zhou Jiangang is co-operating with the police investigation. But for the above suggestions, and interface information has not yet been confirmed by the competent authority.