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Toxic slick heads for south China cities

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's southern province of Guangdong scrambled to protect its water supplies on Thursday as a toxic waste spill from a zinc smelter flowed along a major river toward several sprawling cities, state media reported.

It is the second environmental disaster to hit the country in as many months after an explosion at a chemical plant in the northeast poisoned drinking water for millions and sent a frozen, poisonous slick heading slowly but surely toward Russia.

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