Teachers and students of Binhai Middle School in Xitangqiao, Haiyan, Zhejiang, wear masks in class due to the smell. The local environmental protection department has intervened in the investigation.

Teachers and students of Binhai Middle School in Xitangqiao, Haiyan, Zhejiang, wore masks in class due to the smell. The local environmental protection department has intervened in the investigation

At noon today, a group of photos were posted on the WeChat Moments of many people in Haiyan, Jiaxing. Brush the screen - Teachers wearing masks are working in the office, and students wearing masks are attending classes in the classroom. The location is Binhai Middle School in Xitangqiao, Haiyan.

According to the information reported by netizens, the reason why teachers and students of this school wear masks to work and classes is because of the stench in the surrounding air. The netizen "@诗蛷魔意豆小白" said, "(The smell) has caused several students to faint, and air pollution has seriously affected themselves and their families." Netizen "@Guo Yefeifei Feifei" also mentioned on Weibo, " There are a group of respectable people's teachers who use their lives to pass on their teachings, and there are a group of lovely flowers of the motherland who use their lives to write hard." The accompanying picture is exactly this group of photos of teachers and students wearing masks.

The reporter then contacted Binhai Middle School. A teacher revealed on the phone that the smell had been there for a long time, sometimes it was very strong, sometimes it was lighter. "In rainy weather like today, the air pressure If it is relatively low, the smell will be particularly strong.” Regarding the photos of teachers and students wearing masks in class, the teacher admitted that "there are indeed teachers and classmates wearing masks."

When the reporter asked if he had reported this situation to the relevant departments, the teacher was silent for a long time and said "the effect is not big."

The reporter also learned from several parents that the stench surrounding the school is likely to come from a chemical factory and a paper mill east of Xitangqiao Street. "More than two months ago, It smells bad, but no one has come to deal with it.”

The Haiyan County Government also posted a message on the official Weibo “@海 Salt Release” at 3:10 this afternoon: 9:00 this morning. , according to netizens’ reports, there was a pungent smell in the county development zone (Xitangqiao Street), and some teachers and students of Binhai Middle School wore masks in class. As of 3 p.m., the Environmental Supervision Team of the County Environmental Protection Bureau has completed sampling the air around the school, and the results will be announced as soon as possible after the testing. At the same time, the environmental protection department interviewed companies with similar odors and conducted group inspections of companies surrounding the school.

This news was also forwarded by the official Weibo account of Haiyan County Environmental Protection Bureau "@海 Salt Environmental Protection", and was also @@jiaxingenvironmentalprotection and "@泽江 Environmental Protection".

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