INQUIRER.net: Cadmium poisoning from China factory kills 26, says report

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Cadmium poisoning from China factory kills 26, says report Jul 31st 2013, 06:26 BEIJING - At least 26 villagers have died from cadmium poisoning and hundreds more fallen ill since 2009 near a disused factory in central China, local media said Wednesday, underscoring the country's mounting pollution challenge. Soil samples from Shuangqiao in Hunan province contained 300 times authorized cadmium levels and excess amounts were found in 500 of 3,000 villagers tested by health authorities, the China Youth Daily said. It said 26 people had died as a result of cadmium exposure in the last four years, eight of them under 60 and 20 of them from cancer, while children in the village were born with deformities. A major chemical plant operated in the village until 2009... Keep on reading: Cadmium poisoning from China factory kills 26, says report Media files: protest-taiwan-china-trade.jpg (image/jpeg)

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