Another official urged to swim in toxic river   

浙江又一环保局长被邀下河游泳 价码升至30万元

近日，浙商金增敏在微博上出20万请温州瑞安市环保局长下河游泳，引发关注。无独有偶，19日，又有一人抬价至30万，邀请温州市苍南县环保局局长下河游泳。面对争相喊价行为，浙江省社科院调研中心主任杨建华认为，视为“闹剧”过于片面，环保部门要去反思、解决问题。

Hangzhou (ECNS) — A government website editor in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, is the second person in a week to challenge an environmental protection official to take a dip in a polluted local river.

Chuan-Qing, a real-name certified Sina microblogger, posted on Wednesday that he would pay Su Zhongjie, the environmental protection bureau chief of Wenzhou's Cangnan county, 300,000 yuan to take a 30-minute swim.

Chuan-Qing also posted pictures showing toxic effluents running through the river, which he said greatly threaten the health of local residents.

"Although there is no garbage afloat on the river, dirty water flows into the Tang River," a microblogger called "zjcnlkx" added. "I hope netizens can raise the money for the reward."

Three days earlier, Zhejiang businessman Jin Zengmin offered 200,000 yuan to environmental protection bureau chief Bao Zhenming if he dare swim in a severely polluted river for 20 minutes in the town of Ruian, also in Wenzhou.

Bao immediately responded that the river is contaminated mainly by domestic waste rather than industrial refuse.

Yang Jianhua, chief of Zhejiang's Academy of Social Sciences Research Center, said the swimming jibes reflect the serious concerns of residents.

Environmental protection bureaus must solve this issue urgently, he said.