Lasting Scars on Longjiang River

It was already too little, too late with a massive fish kill and a crazed bottled water-run. By the afternoon of February 1, two weeks after a toxic disaster that continues to threaten the drinking water supplies of locals, He Xinxing, mayor of the Hechi Prefecture in Guangxi Province gave an unmoving apology to the public, admitting the government's responsibility – without giving any concrete action to prevent these disasters.