Cadmium for Christmas! Both are nearly here.

Further to my cadmium post of Wednesday, the BBC Worldservice now reports on Thursday evening that authorities in Guangzhou and nearby Foshan are taking 'precautionary measures'. Elsewhere, Xinhua:

The southern Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Foshan were ordered Wednesday by local provincial government to soon start emergency plans to ensure safe drinking water supplies to their residents as a toxic slick approaches.
The river pollution was caused by an excessive discharge of cadmium from a state-owned smeltery in the Beijiang River, a major source of drinking water for cities in the northern part of south China's Guangdong Province.

Southern China cities to deal with possible water crisis: Xinhua