900 Dead Pigs in Shanghai river

[sheme]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21732457
More than 900 dead pigs have been retrieved from a Shanghai river that is a water source for city residents.

According to the city's water supplies bureau the dead pigs were spotted in a section used as a drinking water source for Shanghai residents.

Officials say the water quality has not been affected and they are investigating where the pigs came from.

The China Daily news website reports that environmental protection and water supplies authorities have increased quality checks at water intakes and across the water disinfection process.

[Earth Angel]

isn't water amazing.....900 dead pigs floating in it don't affect the drinking water........a dead body of a woman in the water tank in a hotel in LA, again does NOT affect the drinking water.......its wonderful isn't it!

yep.....all is well ...:popcorn:..pass the microwaved gmo popcorn !

[mosquito]

.... hahaha yes indeed, and not to mention the fact that most rivers in China also happen to be sewers with once again no apparent impact on the potability of the water.

Further info - another 300 pigs have been found, here's the link to the ChinaDaily article ......

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-03/11/content_16296412.htm

[sheme]

Perhaps the Pigs drank the water and just fell in?

[crosby]

i found this article which indicates that the number is over 2500.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/11/dead-pigs-chinese-river



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Thousands of dead pigs found floating in Chinese river

Shanghai authorities say tap water is safe to drink as efforts stepped up to remove bloated carcasses from Huangpu river

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Jonathan Kaiman in Beijing
guardian.co.uk, Monday 11 March 2013 07.57 EDT
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Dead pigs in Chinese river
Workers fish out the carcasses of dead pigs from the Huangpu river: the cause of the incident is still under investigation. Photograph: Reuters

More than 2,800 pig carcasses have been discovered floating in a river that runs through Shanghai and feeds into its tap water supply, according to China's state media.

The number of dead pigs found in the Huangpu river rose from a few dozen on Thursday to more than 1,200 on Sunday, and again to over 2,813 on Monday afternoon as the city's cleanup effort intensified.

While the cause of the incident is still under investigation, water quality tests along the river have identified traces of porcine circovirus, a virus that can affect pigs but not humans. No signs of other diseases such as E coli, foot and mouth disease, or hog cholera have been found, and authorities say the city's tap water is still safe to drink."

warmest, corson

[sheme]

This is exactly the scenario that will start the next great Pandemic -chronic occurrence of deadly disease- overcrowding and no environmental hygiene.

Surprised the WHO are not protesting loudly about this. Unless of course they are waiting for this disease to cross contaminate human beings. Well I object to this.

The pig is reported to be the closest tissue donor for human's

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19998476 This is not good.

"Thou shall not commit adultery!" (not even for spare parts)

[GlassSteagallfan]

"And I'll huff, and I'll puff..."

Sheesh... you'd figure they've heard about brick structures by now

Rock on Wolf!

[sheme]

This news has reached the BBC ! numbers climb to 6000!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21766377

[Tesla_WTC_Solution]

I bet lemmings pushed them in..

[Earth Angel]

I wonder what is a safe PPM ( pigs per million) level for drinking water ? could 2800 pigs be enough to consider it unsafe?