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2nd lead poisoning case hits China, 1,300 sick

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, village children wait for blood tests at a school in Fengxiang county, Shaanxi province, China, after the Dongling Lead and Zinc Smelting Co. plant poisoned hundreds of children More than 1,300 children have been sickened by lead poisoning in Hunan province, the second such case involving a large number of children this month, state media said Thursday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP – China has detained two factory officials after 1,300 children were poisoned by pollution from a manganese processing plant, days after emissions from a lead smelter in another province sickened hundreds.

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