SHANGHAI, China - Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday ordered a formal probe into the massive algae growth that smothered one of China's biggest lakes, drawing high-level attention to growing threats facing the country's water bodies.
Citing pollution as its main cause, Wen said the Lake Tai algae outbreak "has sounded the alarm for us," the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Despite attempts to improve the lake's water quality, "the problem has never been tackled at the root," Wen said in a statement read during a water quality seminar held by the State Council, China's Cabinet.
The sudden outbreak of blue-green algae smothered the lake late last month, forcing …
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