"Did you see it with your own eyes?" asked Ye Zhenzhen.

"yes. "However, instead of dumping the wastewater directly into the Nam Van River, they pulled the wastewater tanker behind a remote hillside where there was a large cement walled yard, and the tanker went quietly at night and quietly returned to the factory." ”

Hearing this, Nan Zhiqiao and Ye Zhenzhen glanced at each other, but they didn't expect that when the two of them came to have lunch, they could hear a useful clue.

Ye Zhenzhen asked the guest who spoke, "Do you remember where the water tanker went?"

The diner was a man in his thirties, and after eating the noodles in the bowl, the man wiped his mouth with a white tissue on the table, and replied: "I know, but that water tanker has no license plate, and the time of haunting at night is not fixed. ”

Hearing the news, Zhen Zhen and Nan Zhiqiao were both excited.

Ye Zhenzhen wanted to let this man lead the way, looking for the hillside where the sewage was discharged, and was just about to speak, when she was suddenly held by Nan Zhiqiao.

Looking up at Nan Zhiqiao's eyes, Nan Zhiqiao shook his head slightly, and the words that Zhen Zhen came to his mouth and swallowed back.

Zhen Zhen stopped talking, and Nan Zhiqiao continued to ask the guest just now, "Do you know what is in that cement yard? Is it a big pool or a well?"

The man whispered mysteriously, "I looked through the crack in the big black iron gate, because it was too dark, and I only saw a large pool in the middle of the courtyard, surrounded by concrete walls. I suspected they were discharging sewage, but after looking around the perimeter of the concrete wall of the yard, I didn't find any outfalls. You say, 'Is the sewage evaporating from the big pool?'

Someone next to him speculated: "So much waste liquid, where the volatilization is finished, must have seeped into the ground." ”

Another guest chimed in: "I've heard that some chemical plants will discharge waste liquid into the ground through deep wells, will this be the case with these factories in our South Bay Town?"

"No, I think someone from the Environmental Protection Bureau has come to inspect it, and if the factory discharges sewage into the ground, the people from the Environmental Protection Bureau should be able to find out." ”

"How many people came to inspect it? There are so few people, and they all come during the day, the factory must have done a good job of covering, didn't the guest just say that the factory secretly discharges sewage at night, how can the people from the Environmental Protection Bureau find out." ”

"Otherwise, let's report it. ”

"Report?!What to report?!What is the water tanker that appeared at night? The man also said just now, he is not sure that it is industrial wastewater, and there are no sewage outlets around, and there is no sewage well, how can he report it?"

"If you report it anonymously, you will say that you have found that the factory may be discharging sewage into the ground, and let someone from the Environmental Protection Bureau investigate. ”

"Doesn't the EPA often come to check, you don't have any evidence, they can't find anything, and besides, if the factory knows that I reported it, it may be retaliated against, and you forget the pollution report two years ago, and the whistleblower was warned and threatened by them." ”

"Are you scared of this? They are about to turn Nanwan Town into hell, and we are afraid that they will threaten that if they really did it when the Nanwan River is polluted this time, I will lead someone to smash their factory." It was a woman in her fifties who was so emotional that her hands were shaking as she was cleaning up the dishes.

The old woman wore an apron and was busy cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks used by the customers in the store, apparently as a waiter invited by the store.

Seeing the woman's excited appearance, the guest at the other table next to him asked softly, "You also have a patient with mercury poisoning." ”

The old woman tried to restrain her emotions, and after cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks on a table, she began to speak: "My family's family, who has been fishing on the Nanwan River all his life, has been fine, two months ago his hands and feet began to be numb, and now it is difficult to walk, a few days ago the doctor examined, said that it was mercury poisoning......"

The old woman's tears rolled in her eyes, and a kind guest comforted her: "Sister, don't be sad, isn't it time to find out the cause of the disease, treat it slowly, it will be fine." ”

It's okay not to persuade it, but when the guest persuaded her like this, the old woman's tears instantly poured out, "Where is the cure good, the doctor said, this disease cannot be cured, only symptomatic treatment and functional training, what can I do in the future." ”

The persuasive guest was a little at a loss, and continued to comfort: "When the government finds the source of the pollution and finds out the culprit, they will be compensated." ”

……

The people in the store were talking about the mercury poisoning incident, and panic, anger and anxiety had begun to spread in the seemingly peaceful town of South Bay.

Among the customers of the small shop, the man who said that he had seen the water tanker walked out of the small shop after eating, settled the bill, and walked out of the small shop.

As soon as the man went out, Nan Zhiqiao and Zhen Zhen followed.

"Please wait a minute!" Ye Zhenzhen opened her mouth to stop the man.

The man turned around and saw two handsome men and women in the store following out, obviously stunned for a moment, "You called me?"

Ye Zhenzhen stepped forward, "Big brother, you just said that you have seen a water tanker truck transporting waste liquid, and you also know the location of the hillside where the water tanker dumps waste liquid. ”

"yes, what's wrong?" the man became vigilant, looking up and down at the two in front of him.

Being stared at with vigilant eyes, Ye Zhenzhen carefully said her intentions, "Can you take us to the hillside where the waste liquid is emptied?"

There was nervousness in the man's wary eyes, "Who are you?"

Zhen Zhen looked at Nan Zhiqiao and asked with her eyes, "Do you want to tell him who we are?"

Nan Zhiqiao showed his work card and introduced himself: "We are the staff of the disease control and control, and we are investigating the source of the mercury poisoning incident, and we hope that you can cooperate with us to find the waste liquid dumping site just mentioned." ”

"Aren't you in charge of the environmental protection bureau?" the man still had some questions.

"The impact of this mercury poisoning incident is serious, involving many aspects, the Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission has dispatched various departments to set up a special investigation team, and the two of us are members of the unannounced investigation team, I hope you can keep this operation confidential. Nan Zhiqiao was serious, and explained to the man in a mysterious tone.

"It turned out to be an unannounced visit, no wonder it's so mysterious, okay, I'll take you there. The man believed Minami Zhiqiao's words and was happy to lead the way.

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Nan Zhiqiao drove and followed the route pointed out by the man to the upper reaches of the Nanwan River.

The three of them sat in the off-road vehicle, and the man introduced himself, his name is Zhao Dagang, a resident of Nanwan Town, who usually runs a marinade store, and when he is not busy, he likes to hunt in the mountains in the upper reaches of the Nanwan River.

Zhao Dagang's hunting method is simple and primitive, that is, in the place where the hares in the mountains often pass by, put the wire buckle used to catch the hares, and when the hare passes through the wire buckle, it will be strangled by the neck or hind legs.

The wire buckle is harvested in the evening and in the morning, although it is not harvested every day, but one or two hares can be caught every once in a while.

Zhao Dagang is very happy with this primitive hunting activity.

One night three months ago, Zhao Dagang drank some wine and thought to himself, this week, I haven't found a single hare, and I want to change places.

Wandering around the mountains until midnight, I found a slope with dense trees and weeds.