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Over 2000 Chinese Children Test Positive for Lead Poisoning
R. Waxman 20/08/2009 16:45
At least 851 children in the Shaanxi province and 1300 in the Hunan province tested positive for lead poisoning, CNN reports. Two lead smelting factories in those provinces have been shut down, and the Chinese government has promised to relocate families living within 500 meters of the plants.