China averaged 29 chemical accidents per month so far this year – Greenpeace
Beijing, 21 September 2016 – 232 chemical-related accidents occurred in China from January to August 2016, an average of 29 per month, according to Greenpeace East Asia’s ‘China Chemical Accidents Counter’. The accidents caused 199 deaths and 400 injuries. The findings demonstrate the lax management of China’s chemicals industry, the world’s largest. In addition, preliminary …