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Hundreds of children in China lead poisoning outbreak
06/01 14:48 CET
More than 200 children in China have been diagnosed with lead poisoning thought to have come from battery factories.
Tests last month in Gaohe in the eastern Anhui province showed that three children had high levels of lead in their blood.
That prompted authorities to carry out checks on a further 280 children, some of them just a few months old. More than 200 of them were found to have been poisoned.
Two local battery factories have been blamed for the outbreak and closed...
Hundreds of children in China lead poisoning outbreak
06/01 14:48 CET
More than 200 children in China have been diagnosed with lead poisoning thought to have come from battery factories.
Tests last month in Gaohe in the eastern Anhui province showed that three children had high levels of lead in their blood.
That prompted authorities to carry out checks on a further 280 children, some of them just a few months old. More than 200 of them were found to have been poisoned.
Two local battery factories have been blamed for the outbreak and closed...