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A Poison Spreads Amid China's Boom

A Poison Spreads Amid China's Boom; Dangerously high levels of lead are discovered in many children; ground zero is Xinsi Village; An imported charm proves deadly in Minneapolis
Shai Oster and Jane Spencer. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Sep 30, 2006. pg. A.1

Abstract (Document Summary)

"There's not one person in this village without lead poisoning," says Zhou Xiang, whose son was hospitalized with level of 488 micrograms per liter of blood. "My children's fingers are black and blue."

Many Xinsi villagers say they had no idea that the lead dust spewed by the smelter posed a hazard to them. "We're just simple peasants," said Xu Minzheng, whose 2-year-old son has a lead level of 263 micrograms per liter of blood. His 7-year-old daughter has a lead level of 316. He pointed to the smokestack overlooking the rutted dirt path winding past corn and red chili peppers hanging to dry. "We didn't have any awareness of what lead could do. But the government officials should have known. We just don't have the means to deal with this sort of thing."

By August, after five months of treatment, [Zhou Hao]'s parents brought him home. Word began to spread about the young boy's lead poisoning. A few farmers began sending their children to be tested in Xi'an. But officials in the factory and government denied the lead poisoning had anything to do with them, Zhou Hao's mother and other villagers said.

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"There's not one person in this village without lead poisoning,"


恐怖啊！

中国一直关注孩子的血铅含量，以前做过调查关于汽油里面含铅对孩子的影响， 后来用了无铅汽油。这个中国政府肯定会调查的，wall street journal怎么会引这种冬冬，以前的假奶粉事件也做过报道

quote]原帖由 [i]LupinIII[/i] 于 2006-10-1 11:29 AM 发表
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"There's not one person in this village without lead poisoning,"


恐怖啊！ [/quote]