Beijing promises no algae blooms in Games waters

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing on Thursday pledged that an embarrassing outbreak of algae that has invaded Olympic co-host city Qingdao's sailing venue would not be repeated in any of the capital's bodies of water.

China has thrown 10,000 people and 1,200 vessels into the fight to clean up a huge algae bloom that has turned large swathes of Qingdao's offshore waters green and encroached on a third of Olympic sailing waters.

Bi Xiaogang, deputy director of the Beijing Water Authority, said officials had studied and adopted measures to prevent algae outbreaks in preparation for the Games for a number of years.

Beijing promises no algae blooms in Games waters....