Pollution Leaves 200,000 Without Water

July 4th, 2007 in Space & Earth / Environment
Pollution Leaves 200,000 Without Water (AP)

A worker stacks empty water bottles at a store in Beijing Monday July 2, 2007. China adopted a tougher national standard for drinking water Sunday that health officials said will be a step toward providing safe drinking water to the hundreds of millions of citizens who currently go without. About a quarter of China's population lacks access to safe drinking water, and despite repeated government pledges of a cleanup, the situation is worsening. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

(AP) -- Water supplies to 200,000 people in eastern China were cut for 40 hours due to groundwater pollution, allegedly from chemical plants, state media reported Wednesday.

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