Cheap Environmental Talk in China

Environmental round-up.

Sometimes the daily environmental news throws up some interesting juxtapositions. From today's PlanetArk.

China Vows to Clean up Toxins Amid Food Scares

with the next story being:

Chemical Leak in China Sends 158 to Hospital

with the previous story being:

Australian State Bans Toxic Chinese Toothpaste

and just to add a final "yuck factor" from yesterday:

China Says 278 Cities Have No Sewage Treatment

An estimated 5,000 "administrative towns" and 20,000 smaller, market towns also had no sewage treatment facilities and a lack of clean water was especially acute in the central province of Henan, the China Daily said.