Measure of guilt

Unable to turn back the clock and prevent an accident at a chemical plant, China is trying to make amends by helping the Khabarovsk Territory, which suffered from a leak of benzene compounds, assess the extent of the threat to human health. An agreement on the provision of equipment to determine the level of water pollution in rivers was concluded in Harbin during a meeting between the Deputy Head of the State Administration for Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China and the Russian delegation.