CHINA WATER ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS – POLLUTION REDUCTION – DRINKS MANUFACTURERS
January 1st, 2005
BY TAMARA VANTROYEN, in Hong Kong
IT is not just a rumour anymore: China is officially upgrading its water quality, a move welcome to drinks manufacturers that rely on and control costs through guaranteed clean water supplies. China launched new drinking water standards in June, raising the number of forbidden water pollutants from 35 to 101.
The recent Harbin disaster - where deadly toxins were released into the Songhua river by an explosion at China National Petroleum Corporation in the northern Jilin province, raising benzene levels to 100 times the level ...
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