Nitrates

Beijing couple's tap water protest goes down the plughole

8 Jan 2013

A Beijing couple who said last week that they had not drunk tap water for two decades because of health and safety concerns told state media yesterday that the quality of the capital's drinking...

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Beijing researchers abstain from drinking city's 'deteriorating' tap water for 20 years

7 Jan 2013

Nitrate levels in Beijing’s water system are edging dangerously close to the maximum limit set by the state, according to a Beijing couple.

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Child alert on meat additive

19 Dec 2001

Health officials have warned parents that dangerous levels of a chemical with heightened risks for children have been found in Chinese preserved meat.

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Blast 'that could have laid city low'

11 Feb 1999

Explosives alleged to have been handled by 'Big Spender' and his henchmen could have brought carnage, killing everyone in a 50-metre radius and maiming anyone within 100 metres, a court was told...

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Scientist loses job over acid gas fumes

15 Mar 1996

A scientist involved in a chemical incident which released deadly fumes at a university will not have his contract renewed.

Ma Maosheng heated nitric acid in a laboratory at the...

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80 evacuated after acid spill

8 Aug 1995

ONE worker was taken to hospital and 80 evacuated yesterday after a chemical spill at a Kwai Chung workshop.

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