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Wednesday, May 16, 2001, updated at 13:42(GMT+8)
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China's Industrial Base Bans Use of Phosphorous Wash

Northeast China's Liaoning Province, a traditional heavy industrial base in China, will ban the use of phosphorous wash starting July 1, to reduce pollution of local rivers and pollutant discharge into the sea.

The ban will reduce the amount of phosphor washed into the Bohai Sea by 1,500 tons annually, sources with the provincial environmental protection administration said.

According to the sources, the province banned the use of phosphorous washing goods in the areas near the Bohai Sea in the second half of last year, and the area has become the largest place in China where the use of phosphorous wash is banned.

Liaoning is suffering from serious environmental pollution. The Liaohe River, which runs through the province, is the most polluted river among China's seven major rivers.

Moreover, excessive use of washing goods have damaged many local reservoirs and sources of drinking water has caused frequent occurrences of red tides in the Bohai Sea.

At present, the waste water discharged by 1,071 enterprises of the province's 1,106 is up to the state standards, thanks to the efforts the province has extended to control pollution.

Xinhua learned that Liaoning will build more sewage treatment plants in the next five years. When all they are completed, the province will have 19 sewage treatment plants with a daily waste water handling capacity of 3.12 million.

By that time, more than 60 percent of the province's waste water will be treated, sources said.







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Northeast China's Liaoning Province, a traditional heavy industrial base in China, will ban the use of phosphorous wash starting July 1, to reduce pollution of local rivers and pollutant discharge into the sea.

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