Fatal Chinese Explosion Causes Political,Environmental Fall-Out

摘要

A 90-kilometer (km) long slick contain-ing 100 m.t.of benzene,as well as nitrobenzene and other related chemicals,is easing its way down the Songhua River through northeastern China toward Russia,leaving major pollution damage in its wake and raising political tensions in both countries.An explosion on November 13 at the Jilin,China nitrobenzene plant of Jilin Petrochemical,a China National Petroleum Corp.(CNCP) subsidiary,caused the slick (CW,Nov.23,p.13).The explosion killed five workers and injured about 70.