China battery plant poisons more than 100 villagers

March 26, 2011 by  

Reuters – Lead emissions from a battery plant in eastern China have poisoned more than 100 villagers, including 35 children, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, the latest in a string of heavy metal pollution cases in the country.

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