Polluted water causes mass clam deaths in Thanh Hóa
Sea water and wastewater samples related to mass clam deaths in central Thanh Hóa Province have failed to meet environment criteria, said Lê Văn Bình, head of the Environmental Protection Branch under the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment, on January 8. All the samples’ quality criteria exceeded the permissible level, with some exceeding by thousands of times. According to Thanh Hóa Province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, clams reportedly died en mass in the communes of Hải Lộc and Đa Lộc in Hậu Lộc District and Hoằng Trường Commune in Hoằng Hóa District since December 19, 2016. The highest number of dead clams was recorded in three days from December 21 to 23. Clams continue to reportedly die in some places.
