Pearl River waste harming the sea

GUANGZHOU: Guangdong Province must do more to prevent pollution in the estuary area of the Pearl River, which runs into the South China Sea, officials said.

Li Zhujiang, director of the Guangdong oceanic and fishery administration, said yesterday that the Pearl River estuary had been damaged by years of ineffective protection measures.

"The water near the shore has been seriously polluted by industrial, agricultural and urban waste," Li said.