China Is in Panic as Fecal Water City Spreads Across the Country, and All Drinking Water Is Unsafe

"Yuhang District of Hangzhou, China, residents were overwhelmed by a foul stench the moment they turned on their taps. Some described the smell as resembling a septic tank or a dead rat—others said it was even more disgusting than a pot of spoiled snail rice noodles (luosifen). Within just a few hours, bottled water was completely cleared out of supermarkets, plunging the entire city into a drinking water panic." CO