By Kazunori Takada and Samuel Shen, Reuters
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BEIJING - Thousands of dead pigs, a number of which were found to carry a common porcine virus, have been found in Shanghai?s major drinking water supply.
According to local reports, by Monday evening more than 2,800 pigs had been fished out of the Huangpu River, which provides drinking water for Shanghai, a city of more than 23 million. When contacted for up-to-date information on the number of pigs retrieved from the river, officials referred NBC News to the local news reports.
Some of the pigs were infected by porcine circovirus (PCV) virus, according to an official statement by Shanghai Agriculture Committee. The statement posted on China?s Twitter-like social media service Weibo said that the disease would not infect humans.?
There were still more pigs drifting in the river, officials said.
?We have already picked up over 500 this morning. But there are more than 300 still floating in the river,? Yao Yongmei of Shanghai Municipal Songjiang District of Environment told China Central Television (CCTV) Monday morning.?
An officer who is in charge of the incident from Shanghai Water management, said by telephone that results of hourly water tests were normal. ?
?We are adding more chlorine as an action to protect water safety,? said Zhu, who only gave her last name.
Water pollution, usually created by fertilizer run-off, chemical spills and untreated sewage, is a big problem in China. According to Reuters, the government will invest $850 billion over the next decade to improve the water supply system.
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