Lead poisoning sickens 600 in East China
浙錫箔作坊600人鉛中毒
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| Workers and their children at 25 family-run tinfoil processing factories in the township of Yangxunqiao, located in the province's Shaoxing County, showed dangerously high levels of lead in their blood, according to results from preliminary medical tests. |
| More than 600 people, including 103 children, have been found to be suffering from lead poisoning in east China's Zhejiang Province, Xinhua reports. |
據新華社報道，浙江省600多名工人血鉛中毒，其中包括103名兒童。 |
| Workers and their children at 25 family-run tinfoil processing factories in the township of Yangxunqiao, located in the province's Shaoxing County, showed dangerously high levels of lead in their blood, according to results from preliminary medical tests. Results from the test showed that 26 adults and 103 children were suffering from severe lead poisoning. Another 494 people have been found to be suffering from moderate lead poisoning. |
醫院血鉛檢測結果表明，紹興縣楊汛橋鎮25家錫箔家庭作坊工作人員及其子女血鉛超標，其中26名成人與103名兒童嚴重中毒。此外，還有494人被查出血鉛含量輕度超標。 |
| China has not yet formulated standards for the use of lead in tinfoil processing. |
目前我國對錫箔制品沒有相關的國家標準。 |
| Due to the health reports, the 25 foil workshops have suspended operations. |
有關部門已全部關停涉事的25家作坊。 |
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In Yangxunqiao, more than 2,500 people, mainly from southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, are employed by nearly 200 tinfoil processing workshops.?
(China.org.cn June 14, 2011) |
據統計，楊汛橋鎮錫箔作業直接從業人員2500余人，共有作坊近200戶，大多雇傭工人來自四川和云南等地。 | |
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