Wuhan 'not enough of a friend': official

BEIJING - The local agricultural department in southernmost Hainan province has blamed its counterpart in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, for breaking an unspoken rule by letting the public know about toxic cowpeas.

Hainan's vegetable sales have suffered a setback after a highly toxic pesticide was detected in cowpeas grown in the area and sold across the country.

The Wuhan agriculture bureau released the information on Feb 21, saying that 3.5 tons of toxic cowpeas, from several counties in Sanya of Hainan, had been seized and destroyed.