 People line up to buy cartons of bottled water at a supermarket after reports on heavy levels of benzene in local tap wa (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | Nearly 2.5 million residents of a major city in west China have been ordered not to drink its tap water after the supply was contaminated with dangerous levels of a carcinogenic substance. Officials found 200 micrograms of benzene per litre - 20 times the acceptable "national limit" - in samples of the city's water supply, according to reports. Exposure to benzene, a colourless liquid used to make plastics, lubricants, dyes, detergents and pesticides, has been linked to leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. |
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