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Arrests made after hundreds of children get sick from lead found in food at a Chinese kindergarten
TIANSHUI CITY, GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA, JUL 8 – Eight staff members detained after 233 children at Peixin Kindergarten were found with lead levels over 2,000 times the safety limit due to contaminated food additives, authorities said.
- Police detained eight people in connection with lead poisoning affecting over 200 children in Gansu Province.
- Investigators found 'abnormal' blood lead levels in 233 of the 251 children tested at Peixin Kindergarten, as reported by CCTV.
- Testing revealed food samples contained more than 2,000 times the national safety standard for contaminants.
- The World Health Organization stated that exposure is 'particularly harmful' to young children, especially their central nervous system development.
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