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Another smelter shut down amid lead poisoning fears
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-08-20 15:37 Authorities in central China's Hunan province have shut down a smelter and detained two of its executives after more than 1,300 local children were suspected to have lead poisoning, the second such scandal in the country within a month.
As of Wednesday, 1,354 children in Wenping town of Wugang city were diagnosed as having excessive lead in their blood, with more than 100 mg of lead a liter of blood compared with the normal zero to 100 mg, an official with the city government said Thursday. They made up nearly 70 percent of the total 1,956 children who received government-funded blood tests at local hospitals this week, he said on condition of anonymity. The children, aged under 14, are from four villages near Wugang Manganese Smelting Plant in Wenping town. However, they need another test by the industrial illness authority in the provincial capital Changsha before the final diagnosis, the official said. By Thursday, 83 cases had been confirmed by the Changsha authority: 17 were diagnosed as "moderate poisoning" with blood lead level between 250 and 499 mg, 28 as "slight poisoning" with 200 to 249 mg and another 38 with 100 to 199 mg. The 17 moderate poisoning cases have been hospitalized in Changsha and will receive free treatment, while the slight cases would be treated at home. Final test results for the other suspected cases will be published within a week. Fears of lead poisoning began to spread among the villagers in early July, when many children suddenly became susceptible to cold and suffered fevers and anorexia. "When I took my sons to hospital, the doctor asked if we lived near heavy metal plant," said a woman surnamed Lei from Hengjiang Village. "We suspected the manganese smelter that opened last year was to blame." Lei's two sons, aged nine and one, had 184 mg and 198 mg of lead respectively.
"Whenever the plant is operational, we can see thick smokes and dusts in the air," said another villager. Within a radius of 500 meters from the plant is a primary school, a middle school and a kindergarten. (For more biz stories, please visit Industries)
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