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Jilin Chemical Plant Explosions
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Jilin Chemical Plant Explosions
Dead fish float in Songhua River after chemical spill.
Economic problems
Causes
Chemical plant explosion
- At 1:40 PM the plant's processing tower experienced a blockage. One worker tried to clear the blockage but was unable to and instead caused the explosion.
- In the initial explosion six were killed and dozens more were injured.
Sources
Major Details
- Following the explosions, factory officials denied toxins entering the Songhua River
- Despite knowing that the Songhua River was contaminated, the local government failed to notify the citizens of Jilin and Beijing. Instead the factory officials and local government worked together to try to manage the spill.
- The citizens were only notified a week after the explosion and the local government had failed to stop the spill.
- https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/positive-spillover-impact-the-songhua-river-benzene-incident-china-s-environmental
- https://prezi.com/dgivbco89-2y/jilin-chemical-plant-explosion/
- http://www.dataforth.com/wordpress/jilin-chemical-plant-explosions/
- https://disasteropedia.wikispaces.com/2005+Jilin+chemical+plant+explosions
- https://ejatlas.org/conflict/the-jilin-chemical-plant-explosions-songhua-river-pollution-incident
- http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?51700%2FEnvironmental-concerns-mount-over-toxic-spill-in-China
- On November 13, 2005, the Number 101 Petrochemical Plant produced a series of explosions that occurred for over an hour.
- The plant was located in Jilin city in the province of Jilin in China.
Laws and Policies
- As a result of this incident, revisions to the Water Pollution Control Act were made to enhance focus on emergency response.
- Beijing began establishing Regional Supervision Centers, which answered to SEPA instead of local governments.
Effects
- 100 tons of toxins such as benzene, nitrobenzene and aniline were released into the Songhua River.
- The food chain in the river basin could be effected for a long time.
- Fishing in the area coud be banned for as long as four years.
- The contamination of benzene could accumulate in the rivers organisms and become trapped in the river's sediments.
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