Lead Poisoning

Environment

10.09.14

Locals Attack Factory After Children Poisoned with Lead

from chinadialogue

Villagers from the township of Gangkou in Jiangxi province, southeast China, have smashed up a new lead recycling plant which was due to begin operating.

Unconvinced by reassurances from the owners and local government that there would be...

Heinz Recalls Four Batches of Infant Food in China

Heinz took action after food safety regulators in eastern Zhejiang province said they had found "excessive amounts of lead" in the company's AD Calcium Hi-Protein Cereal.

“My Children Have Been Poisoned”: A Public Health Crisis in Four Chinese Provinces

Human Rights Watch

Over the past decade, numerous mass lead poisoning incidents have been reported across China. In response, Environmental Protection Ministry officials have become more outspoken, directing local officials to increase supervision of factories and...