As we told you earlier, mysterious fumes that turned out to be caused by leaking herbicide, spread through Shanghai earlier this month, sending two women to hospital. The source of it was found to be three hundred kilograms of liquid herbicide, that leaked from a valve at the Shanghai Pesticide Factory. According to Shanghai Daily nine people from the factory including the general manager, have been fired because of this incident. The paper also notes that during the investigation of this case "the Shanghai Commission of Safety Production found 82 unqualified production units, including some plants that are producing dangerous chemicals". more ›

The Shanghai Daily reports that a pungent smell spread through the city yesterday evening, causing nausea among its inhabitants. Two women were taken to hospital after breathing in the fumes. According to eyewitnesses the fumes smelled something like "pesticide or leeks". The source has not yet been discovered, and the Environmental Protection Bureau is still investigating. more ›