[Newsbot]

Title: 1,300 children poisoned in China
Category: World
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2009-08-20 23:22:02

[Bacardi4206]

Guess it's not just our kids they are trying to kill with there products.

[Strutz]

This is horrible and should be unacceptable.

But, it is partly the fault of the western world and our demand and thus, supply, of cheap Made in China goods.

Cheap crap at a horrible cost. Think about what you buy, value should not be measured only in dollars.

[ridenrain]

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That unrest came after at least 615 out of 731 children in two villages near that smelter tested positive for lead poisoning. Children from six other villages there are now being tested.

You can just be assured that the party member's sons, and the daughters that they let live, are far away from this, probably studdying here in Canada. I'm sure the party will fix it though.. when they can afford it.

[ridenrain]

Wow. From the most basic to the most advanced..

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Two women in China have achieved the dubious honor of being the first humans to be killed by nanotechnology. The women, who worked in a poorly ventilated factory spraying a paint that contained nanoparticles, reportedly inhaled the particles over a period of months. The tiny compounds infiltrated the workers' lungs and skin, causing lung damage, fluid buildup, and eventual respiratory failure. Five other women have been hospitalized for the same condition.

Reuters quotes Yuguo Song, a Beijing toxicologist whose report appeared in European Respiratory Journal: The particles' size "means that they can penetrate the body's natural barriers, particularly through contact with damaged skin or by inhalation or ingestion," and once they've entered lung cells they cannot be removed.

http://www.popsci.com/environment/artic ... fatalities