A recent survey shows that 90 percent of children with leukemia lived in luxuriously decorated apartments and seldom went outside half a year before being diagnosed.

The Beijing Daily Messenger reports that the conclusion was drawn from an environmental survey conducted by the Beijing Children's Hospital.

Experts say children usually spend more time indoors, have weak immune systems and breathe 50 percent more than adults, so they are more harmed by the poisonous gases emitted from newly decorated houses.

(CRI April 18, 2005)