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A Chinese city of 3.8 million people closed schools and was trucking in drinking water Wednesday after shutting down its water system following a chemical plant explosion that officials said polluted a nearby river with toxic benzene. The announcement of the shutdown in Harbin in China’s frigid northeast set off panicked buying this week of bottled water, milk and soft drinks that left supermarket shelves bare. Full Story