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 | | KHABAROVSK, Russia ; Specialists have detected an increase in benzene in Russia's Far Eastern Amur River, a regional expert said, as this city of about 580,000 people braces for the arrival of the toxic mix of chemicals that spilled from an upriver Chinese factory last month. |
 | | The regional governor, meanwhile, said authorities may have to shut down the city's central heating system, a move that could prove disastrous in a region where daytime temperatures Monday were around minus 20 C (-4 F) and where residences are overwhelmingly warmed by water heating at central facilities. |
 | | Still, Amur river samples taken about 235 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Khabarovsk are now showing an increase in levels of benzene, a potentially cancer-causing chemical, said Alexander Gavrilov, director of the Dalgidrometa monitoring agency. |
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