A high concentration of cadmium was found in five out of six samples of drinking water and soil in villages near Zijin Mining Group…the South China Morning Post said. The samples were taken in the Meixi and Jingmei villages in Shanghang county last month after acidic waste was leaked from a Zijin plant…“I’m unaware of this report and any sampling test taken by South China Morning Post, so I couldn’t immediately comment,” Zhao Jugang, company spokesman, said…Cadmium… is known to cause cancer and failure of the nervous system and lungs, and can contaminate the food chain through farm produce, the newspaper said…