China fights algae, tries to save Olympics


	China fights algae, tries to save Olympics

ruralart

7-1-2008 7:28 AM

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olympics, china, sailing

ruralart says:

We get a bit of algae here, but I've never seen anything like this quantity! The community response is quite impressive.

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