Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: The Lancet, full text: (LINK). Extract.]
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The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 19 April 2013
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60768-0
Dead pigs scandal questions China's public health policy
Original Text
Cai-Yue Liu a, Hua-Jiang a
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More than 16 000 dead pigs were found floating in Shanghai Huangpu River last month.1 It was unbelievable. After investigations, the public and the media focused their attention on Jiaxing, 60 miles southwest of Shanghai, which was thought to be the source of the problem. With the large increase of the pig industry in the area, local farmers have difficulties in disposing of more than 300 000 carcasses every year, so one explanation is that some farmers thrown dead pigs into the rivers just ?for convenience?.1
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We declare that we have no conflicts of interest.
References
1 Davison N. Rivers of blood: the dead pigs rotting in China's water supply. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/29/dead-pigs-china-water-supply. (accessed Mar 29, 2013).
2 The Lancet. Food safety in China: a long way to go. Lancet 2012; 380: 75. Full Text | PDF(86KB) | CrossRef | PubMed
3 CPC advocates building ?beautiful? China. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/special/18cpcnc/2012-11/08/c_131959465.htm. (accessed Nov 8, 2012).
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a Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China
-doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60768-0
Dead pigs scandal questions China's public health policy
Original Text
Cai-Yue Liu a, Hua-Jiang a
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More than 16 000 dead pigs were found floating in Shanghai Huangpu River last month.1 It was unbelievable. After investigations, the public and the media focused their attention on Jiaxing, 60 miles southwest of Shanghai, which was thought to be the source of the problem. With the large increase of the pig industry in the area, local farmers have difficulties in disposing of more than 300 000 carcasses every year, so one explanation is that some farmers thrown dead pigs into the rivers just ?for convenience?.1
(?)
We declare that we have no conflicts of interest.
References
1 Davison N. Rivers of blood: the dead pigs rotting in China's water supply. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/29/dead-pigs-china-water-supply. (accessed Mar 29, 2013).
2 The Lancet. Food safety in China: a long way to go. Lancet 2012; 380: 75. Full Text | PDF(86KB) | CrossRef | PubMed
3 CPC advocates building ?beautiful? China. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/special/18cpcnc/2012-11/08/c_131959465.htm. (accessed Nov 8, 2012).
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a Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China
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