Your Daily Rotting Chinese Pig Carcass Update: Count Tops 13,000 Over Weekend - NYT

[hatrack]

The number of dead pigs found in a river near Shanghai rose to more than 13,000 over the weekend. Last Friday, the figure stood at about 7,500. The authorities, who are in the middle of a weeklong effort to collect the carcasses, are still trying to determine how the pigs died and why they ended up in the Huangpu River, which winds through Shanghai. The government has insisted that there is no evidence of an epidemic and that the food supply is safe. City officials also say the river meets national water quality standards.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/world/asia/china-more-pigs-found-in-river.html?_r=0

[XemaSab]

1. They have water quality standards in China?

Who knew?

[Nihil]

3. "It's wet" = Acceptable

"It's wet and doesn't dissolve your hand" = Ideal

(What? You expected subtlety from the country that dumps over a kilopig into its drinking water each day?)

[hatrack]

4. And it washes out all that toxic cadmium and lead, too!

By the time the carcass floats past your house, it's ready for the grill.

[Nihil]

5. Such a caring government ...

... supplying free ready-washed food for their peasants ...

[stuntcat]

2. Oh the "food supply is safe" ! Then no worries!

I thought this was dreadful, but now I know all the humans will still get their meats to eat, everything's fine!!!