Widespread red tide threatens environment From: China Daily | Date: May 29, 2002| Author: ZHANG YONG and WANG LING , China Daily staff | Copyright 2002 China Daily. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

A red tide that started in the East China Sea three weeks ago has grown to cover more than 1,500 square kilometres, according to the China National Environmental Monitoring Centre.

The red tide began off the coast of Zhoushan in East China's Zhejiang Province on May 6, with a detected area of 300 square kilometres, said the local marine environmental monitoring station under the centre yesterday.

An official with the station, surnamed Tang, noted yesterday that the red tide is th...

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