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Cyanide detected in underground pipes at Tianjin explosion site

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2015-08-14 10:09Ecns.cn Editor: Mo Hong'e

环保部:事故区域检测出特别污染物 外排污水已封住

爆炸发生后,环保部在天津开展应急工作,“事故区域被封堵两个排放口内地下管道检出COD(化学需氧量)、氰化物分别超标3到8倍,但它们目前都未进入周边环境造成污染。”(央视记者蒋晓平)

(ECNS)- Pollutants were recorded as above the normal levels at the explosion site in north China's Tianjin city , China Central Television (CCTV) reported. [Special coverage]

The Ministry of Environmental Protection has initiated an emergency response following the massive blasts that killed 50 people and injured hundreds of others. 

The Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and cyanide were found to be three times and eight times higher than the standard levels, respectively, in the underground pipelines.

The pipelines have already been blocked, and they have not caused pollution in the nearby environment, according to CCTV.

Latest news from Xinhua shows that the blasts have killed at least 50 people, 12 of whom were firemen. Another 701 people are still in hospital, many gravely ill.

  

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