 | Residents collect water outside the Siberian town of Khabarovsk on Dec 18 2005. Russian experts have said that a poisonous slick that has entered the Amur River from China so far shows no sign of posing an immediate danger to the environment or drinking water supplies. click to open  |
 | Queuing for water : A young boy carries empty water containers as residents queue for water in the northern Chinese city of Harbin where a spillage of carcinogenic benzene severely polluted one of China's biggest rivers after a chemical plant explosion in the neighbouring province of Jilin causing water supplies in the city to be cut for millions of people. click to open |
 | Residents fill water containers from a truck in a street in Harbin, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005. Residents of Harbin have been depending on water deliveries since the city's water system was shut down to prevent it becoming contaminated by a massive chemical spill in the Songhua River. click to open |
 | Residents watch for the arrival of a water delivery truck in a residential area in Harbin, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005. Residents of Harbin have been depending on water deliveries since the city's water system was shut down to prevent it becoming contaminated by a massive chemical spill in the Songhua River. click to open |
 | Residents fill water containers from a truck in a street in Harbin, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province Saturday Nov. 26, 2005. Residents of Harbin have been depending on water deliveries since the city's water system was shut down to prevent it becoming contaminated by a massive chemical spill in the Songhua River. click to open |
 | Residents wait for water supply bus sent by the municipal government in Harbin, capital of China's northeastern province of Heilongjiang November 25, 2005. A toxic slick of polluted river water reached the outskirts of one of China's biggest cities on Thursday, nearly two weeks after an explosion at a petrochemical plant. click to open |
 | Residents line up to fill water containers from a truck in a street in Harbin, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province Saturday Nov. 26, 2005. Residents of Harbin have been depending on water deliveries since the city's water system was shut down to prevent it becoming contaminated by a massive chemical spill in the Songhua River. click to open |
 | A resident carries buckets of water after filling them from a tanker in a street in Harbin, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005. Residents of Harbin have been depending on water deliveries since the city's water system was shut down to prevent it becoming contaminated by a massive chemical spill in the Songhua River. click to open |
 | Smoke rises into the sky after explosions at a chemical plant in Jilin City in northeast China's Jilin Province November 13, 2005. Explosions at a chemical plant in the northeastern city of Jilin injured more than 30 people on Sunday and forced the evacuation of more than 10,000 residents, Chinese media reported. click to open |
 | Smoke rises into the sky after explosions at a chemical plant in Jilin City in northeast China's Jilin Province November 13, 2005. Explosions at a chemical plant in the northeastern city of Jilin injured more than 30 people on Sunday and forced the evacuation of more than 10,000 residents, Chinese media reported. click to open |
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