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China - 100+ of villagers hospitalized with respiratory problems, including nosebleeds after toxic gas leak, poultry reported dead, plant closed - Mia

sharon sanders

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Tyan hundred villagers were smoked down line near gas emissions caused by chemical

Dazhong 2013-10-08 10:59:01
October 6, 2013

Since yesterday, the German town located floor Third People's Hospital of Xintai City gradually moved into a large number of villagers from the town of Miao Village, according to hospital villagers say, they have hundreds of people hospitalized village, there are currently two are still lying intensive care room. The reason that this happens, the villagers said that this is because the Miao village in the south of a chemical plant 3 pm sudden discharge of toxic gases pungent taste, is that these gases so that they collectively and was in hospital.

Arising from either the factory door closed

Hospital emergency department visits come around full of villagers

Yesterday, in the German town of Xintai floor Third People's Hospital gradually moved from the floor, nearly a hundred German town Miao Village of the villagers, including two into the intensive care unit. The reason that this happens, the villagers say, is because of a chemical plant seedlings village south of the afternoon in the 3rd sudden discharge of the pungent smell of toxic gases, the doctor diagnosed that, the villagers in the gas is called solid phosgene toxic substances. Pictured just admitted infusion therapy. Reporter Li Lin Chaoshe

Daily news from yesterday Tai'an, located in the town of De Floor Third People's Hospital of Xintai gradually moved into a large number of villagers from the town of Miao Village, according to hospital villagers say, they have hundreds of people hospitalized village, there are two people are still lying in intensive care. The reason that this happens, the villagers said that this is because the Miao village in the south of a chemical plant 3 pm sudden discharge of toxic gases pungent taste, is that these gases so that they collectively and was in hospital.

14:00 yesterday, reporters rushed to the Third People's Hospital of Xintai City, they found the first floor of the hospital emergency department full of people, they have plenty to doctors consult their relatives illness, while others are to explain their symptoms to the doctor, and They all come from the same village - Miaozhuang. Reporters on the scene learned that the villagers are from the onset yesterday afternoon, much the same symptoms, vomiting, nausea, throat foreign body sensation, but also a serious nosebleeds. According to the hospital emergency department doctors, Miao Village of the villagers are subject to the influence of the solid phosgene such symptoms occur. The gas main damage the blood circulatory system and respiratory system, whether there will be consequences also need to be hospitalized for further observation.

According to the hospital for treatment of Miao Village villagers, 3 pm 5 o'clock, they smelled a very strong pungent odor that since then they have the above symptoms. And for this pungent gas sources, the villagers unanimously point to the south of the village of a chemical plant. Through on-site visits, the reporter found that the mouth of the villagers are actually chemical Feng Yuan Trade Co., Ltd. Xintai City, but this sign hanging plants and trade companies within the plant has many bristling chimneys, there is a group of the west wall near the reaction tower. Nearby villagers, it is these chimneys are often white and yellow pungent gas emissions. The reporter in the interview process, the plant closed the door, although there are staff and reporters negotiations, but the reporter's question Yigai not sure, just say now that the plant has been shut down.

Nearly a hundred villagers sudden illness

Speaking on the 3rd afternoon scene in Xintai City, Third People's Hospital for treatment Uncle Liu Miao Village residents still fear. Uncle Liu told reporters that his 60-year-old, was on its own vegetable garden work, suddenly smelled the air, a very pungent smell, and taste more and more concentrated. "Our village south of the house plants often out-emission, but the taste did not this thick, this time in particular choking smell, the smell of straight people feel nauseated, seems to have something stuck in his throat, and it At that time the eyes feel particularly uncomfortable, kept out of tears. "Uncle Liu told reporters after returning home he found his wife's situation is more serious," she was badly nosebleed flow, we quickly came to the hospital, thought the arrival of hospital to see a lot of people have come to our village, and the situation is almost with us. "According to Uncle Liu introduced, they have hundreds of people in the village are now receiving treatment in hospital, but this figure is continuing to rise," Now the village kept Some were sent to the hospital, there are mostly elderly and children, many families are family hospital. "Reporters also noted that the hospital's emergency department, emergency department doctor's desk packed with people, they are from Miao village, some relatives to come to consult the disease, while others are to come for treatment. During the interview, the reporter learned that the poison plants seedlings Village villagers not only caused no small impact, the village the villagers home poultry also followed by the calamity, many birds have died because of breathing gas. Uncle Liu told reporters that he domesticated chickens have all seven died while at home two sheep have been tummy get up, "living in the chemical side of several most powerful, and there are one of three pigs has been smoked dead. "

Doctors diagnosed based solid phosgene poisoning

Doctors in the emergency room where reporters learned that the hospital admitted Miaozhuang patient's condition is basically the same, "are nausea, throat foreign body sensation, accompanied by severe nosebleeds, and is currently in the intensive care unit of two patients are senior citizens . "the doctor for their causes are given professional explanation - solid phosgene poisoning. And that this gas main damage the body's circulatory system and respiratory system. Relevant information inquiries from reporters learned that solid phosgene is a strong stimulus, asphyxiating gases, inhalation may cause pulmonary edema, pneumonia, etc., with lethal danger. But we are most concerned about whether there will be consequences in the future, for which the emergency department physician explains: Are there consequences need further hospital for observation, a conclusion was not yet law.

Reporters noted that in the hospital, because gas admission after admission villagers have carried out blood tests, and received infusion therapy, Uncle Liu told reporters that now the third floor of the hospital to have a person of their village, "my wife will infusion on the third floor, she is now a nose bleed, but now my throat felt we were stuck with something like, a drink is particularly uncomfortable to eat. "

Compared to Uncle Liu, Ms. Ann mother's condition is more serious. Reporters saw Ms. Ann, she was anxiously waiting outside in the intensive care unit. Ms. Ann told reporters that they a six sons and daughter are all in addition to the hospital, "I and my grandson symptoms object also lighter, which is a foreign body sensation throat, nausea, but my mother and now still in intensive care inside the room did not come out. "Ms. Ann, her mother is 80 years old this year, two days before she had just received from his sister's house to her," Come particularly good when the body is that since yesterday afternoon because the chemical inside the discharge gas suddenly fell ill, the gap in the rescue just when I entered found her hands and feet are very stiff, consciousness is not clear, even I can not recognize it. "

Reporters visited someone's factory has been discontinued

Description of the patients according to the hospital, the reporter from the Third People's Hospital of Xintai westbound North Shui mouth of the villagers found that the chemical factory. Reporters found that this chemical hung Feng Yuan Trade Co., Ltd. Xintai sign, however, is in the hospital this trade companies, many houses were erected top of the chimney, and the west side of the plant also has a reaction tower, but the closer the west side of the wall, the air, the greater the residual pungent odor. According to Miao Village villagers, it is from these chimneys are often cropped white or yellow pungent gas. In addition, as the plant factory is located in the south side of the village, just south wind blowing, when the village is particularly pungent smell great.

Although the plant factory door closed, but there are still many factory workers, reporters asked the relevant circumstances at the time, their answers are not clear, but said the current facility has been discontinued.

Reporters noted that in the chemical plant on the east side of the road from time to time an ambulance drove toward Miaozhuang direction. And just back of Ms Cheng Tai told reporters that they a four because in addition to working outside spared her, the rest are all sick, "I'll have to go to the hospital, there is such a door every day to take the 'poison' of Chemical sooner or later something would happen, no one thought would be so powerful. "

10 o'clock last night, reporters contacted Feng Yuan Trade Co., Ltd. Xintai City's manager surnamed Zhang, said the company whose main products are oxalic acid and salicylic acid, but for the villagers to the mouth of the gas smoked events, and the plant Like other staff, Zhang said is not clear. Edition text / Chart reporter Li Lin Chao

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Re: China - 100+ of villagers hospitalized with respiratory problems, including nosebleeds after toxic gas leak, poultry reported dead, plant closed - Miao village, Xintai City, Shandong province

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/81-123/pdfs/0504.pdf

The above link is to a safety data sheet by the US CDC which includes a paragraph on the effects of short-term exposure.
 
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