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Guardian: The number of dead pigs found in a river that provides drinking water to Shanghai, China, has risen to 7,545, after local authorities retrieved 944 more carcasses.
The Shanghai municipal government has repeatedly assured the city's 23 million residents that tap water remains safe. However, locals remain worried about water contamination from the swollen and rotting carcasses in the Huangpu river.
The dead pigs are believed to be from farms in the upstream Jiaxing area in neighbouring Zhejiang......
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Hundreds more dead pigs found in Chinese river
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 15th, 2013
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