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Gang arraigned for making salt from waste
By Wang Qingchu |
January 31, 2012, Tuesday
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Several suspects went on trial in east China's Anhui Province for allegedly extracting 14,000 tons of industrial salt from the waste of a herbicide manufacturer and sold them to 12 provinces and municipalities.
The group allegedly started a salt company without a license in Jiangsu Province in 2009. They bought highly contaminated waste from a herbicide producer and made salt from them, Xinhua reported yesterday.
The industrial salt was found to contain 55 milligrams of a herbicide per kilogram, far exceeding the 20mg limit adopted in the US, Europe and Japan, according to tests conducted by China Agricultural University.
The toxic salt was produced at 100 yuan (US$16) per ton and sold to private dealers for 350 to 400 yuan per ton. Ultimately street food vendors bought it at 1,400 yuan per ton, the report said.
The Yingquan District Court in Fuyang City, Anhui Province heard the case and will announce the verdict at a later date, Xinhua said.
The group allegedly started a salt company without a license in Jiangsu Province in 2009. They bought highly contaminated waste from a herbicide producer and made salt from them, Xinhua reported yesterday.
The industrial salt was found to contain 55 milligrams of a herbicide per kilogram, far exceeding the 20mg limit adopted in the US, Europe and Japan, according to tests conducted by China Agricultural University.
The toxic salt was produced at 100 yuan (US$16) per ton and sold to private dealers for 350 to 400 yuan per ton. Ultimately street food vendors bought it at 1,400 yuan per ton, the report said.
The Yingquan District Court in Fuyang City, Anhui Province heard the case and will announce the verdict at a later date, Xinhua said.
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