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The Case of the properly functioning enforcement mechanism

March 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The  Chengcheng Chemical Co. Ltd., a sulfuric acid plant began illegally dumping arsenic contaminated waste water into the Dasha River’s in China’s Henan Province in late July of last year.  The regulatory authorities discovered that the river was contaminated by arsenic on August 26, 2008, and began to take corrective action, including constructing a series [...]

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