Detection of gas discharge causing crop damage
(Baonghean.vn) - The Hung Dong commune government and the Vinh city environmental police team have just handled a case of toxic gas emissions causing damage to farmers' crops.
At 5:00 p.m. on March 17, 2015, the local people reported that Pham Quang Vinh, born in 1971 and residing in Trung Thuan hamlet, Hung Dong commune, had let people discharge compressed gas cylinders into the field behind Hung Dong Kindergarten, causing damage to 4,000 square meters of spring rice and crops. Some of the vegetable areas in the greenhouse also had their leaves burned. Some people working in the fields downwind felt chest tightness and difficulty breathing when inhaling the exhaust gas.
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| Environmental Police, Hung Dong Commune authorities and people witnessed the scene of rice and crops with burnt leaves. |
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| People in front of vegetable beds with burnt leaves |
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| Rice fields with burnt leaves |
The authorities of Hung Dong commune and the environmental police team of Vinh city police were present to inspect the scene and asked the subject to make a report of the incident. Currently, the environmental police team of the city police is continuing to investigate to determine what type of chemical the gas emissions belong to.
Thanh Tam
