“Well, since there supposedly is no problem in drinking this water, please forward this message, if you agree, to ask Shanghai’s party secretary, mayor and water authority leaders if they will be the first ones to drink this meat soup?” attorney Gan Yuanchun said via his microblog, according to the BBC.
There have been increasing concerns in China of fertilizer runoffs, chemical spills, and untreated sewage.
Late last month, investigative journalist Deng Fei published the findings of a online survey that asked Chinese netizens if their local water quality was bad. By Feb. 17, more than 2.9 million netizens confirmed that it was.
And in early March, it was reported that local officials in the town of Changshou, which translates literally to “long life,” have ignored complaints that more and more young people have been dying of cancer in the town. Approximately 20,000 residents refuse to drink the town’s tap water after illegal gold mining started up nearby in 1995.
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