A woman carries handfuls of harmful seaweed she has just collected along the Zhan Bridge beach in Qingdao, Shandong province, on June 26, 2012. [Photo by Huang Xianjie/Asianewsphoto]

Volunteers load a truck with bags of hazardous seaweed that has been cleared off the Zhan Bridge beach in Qingdao, Shandong province, on June 26, 2013. [Photo by Huang Xianjie/Asianewsphoto]