Acid Ship 'Sinks in China's Yangtze'


	Acid Ship 'Sinks in China's Yangtze'

lollipop10

11-1-2009 6:04 PM

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lollipop10 says:

just wonderful.

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11-1-2009 8:32 PM

The Infowarrior

Scary stuff, I shudder to think of the ecological damage that would cause.

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