Excessive level of cyanide found at China blast site
AFP
20 August, 2015, 16:36
Update: 20 August, 2015, 16:36
Soil samples taken from an area near last week’s explosions are placed on a table at a monitoring station to check for environmental pollution in Tianjin, China, on 18 August 2015. Photo: Reuters
Beijing: Cyanide levels more than 350 times standard limits have been detected in water close to the site of deadly explosions in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, officials said on Thursday.
The Tianjin environmental protection bureau said the chemical was detected at 25 water monitoring sites within the cordoned-off area around the blast site on Wednesday. ‘An excessive level of cyanide was detected in eight locations with the highest reaching 356 times’ the permitted level, the bureau said.