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22 Aug 2012

Author:
Sina [China]

Children suffer lead poisoning from power plant [China]

Nearly 200 children in a small town in Guangdong Province were found to have excessive levels of lead in their blood as their homes are close to a coal-fired power plant…one kilometer away from Xingzi Town…China Business News [First Financial Daily] reported. Blood tests of 196 children…showed they are positive of lead poisoning and 95 children have blood lead 4.5 times above the safe level…Guangdong Yudean Group suspended the operation of its power plant in Xingzi Town in June and the local government offered medical subsidies from 250 yuan (US$39.35) to 1,050 yuan. But the affected families said the sum could hardly cover their medical bills and the free milk they got from the government contained worms, the paper said.

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