Increasingly, concern over environmental health in cities and towns across China has led to angry public protests that have halted construction on or closed a number of factories. But after outrage over lead poisoning in a town in central China,... ...full story at TreeHugger
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Da MC Code by Kao »
YouTube video The new Track put out by the Bahamian artist.. Kao
Lyrics:
First of all lemme introduce to u myself
From the villages and pillages of chi town
And I don't mean from chi car go
But found in the town where the I hop's closed
I'm talking the China town... |
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15,000 people to move away from lead poisoning threat in central China » People's Daily The government of Jiyuan, China's biggest lead smelting base, plans to move 15,000 residents away from the threat of lead poisoning, after nearly 1,000 children were tested to have excessive lead in blood. Zhao Suping, mayor of the city in central... |
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More Lead Poisoning in Central China » China Journal A day after authorities in the northwest province of Shaanxi reported a significant increase in the number of children poisoned by lead discharge from a local smelter, a much larger case of lead poisoning is emerging in central China. |
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Smelting plant closed in Chinese lead poisoning probe » People's Daily Authorities in northwest China announced Wednesday the closure of a smelting plant suspected of discharging waste that caused lead poisoning in at least 300 children. As of Tuesday, environmental protection officials in Shaanxi Province had... |
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Almost 1,000 children test positive for high lead levels in central China » People's Daily Blood tests on 968 children in China's biggest lead smelting base have shown excessive lead levels. The health bureau of Jiyuan City, in the central Henan Province, initiated the tests after a lead poisoning scandal was exposed in the neighboring... |
| 12 Aug 09 |
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Offending lead smelter closed » Shanghai Daily A SHAANXI Province smelting plant suspected of discharging waste that caused lead poisoning in at least 300 children has been closed, authorities said yesterday. They also revealed that a plan to move residents... |
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