Lead poisoning sickens 600 in East China
浙锡箔作坊600人铅中毒
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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. |
据新华社报道，浙江省600多名工人血铅中毒，其中包括103名儿童。 |
| 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. |
医院血铅检测结果表明，绍兴县杨汛桥镇25家锡箔家庭作坊工作人员及其子女血铅超标，其中26名成人与103名儿童严重中毒。此外，还有494人被查出血铅含量轻度超标。 |
| China has not yet formulated standards for the use of lead in tinfoil processing. |
目前我国对锡箔制品没有相关的国家标准。 |
| Due to the health reports, the 25 foil workshops have suspended operations. |
有关部门已全部关停涉事的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) |
据统计，杨汛桥镇锡箔作业直接从业人员2500余人，共有作坊近200户，大多雇佣工人来自四川和云南等地。 | |
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