Mass poisoning at Chinese kindergarten; 2 dead, 30 sick
Source: Associated Press
Two children died and another 30 were sickened in a mass poisoning at a kindergarten in southwestern China, authorities said Friday.
Investigators identified the toxic substance as a powerful rat poison, but did not yet know how it had been ingested Wednesday in the kindergarten in Yunnan province's rural Qiubei county, according to a statement from the provincial government.
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Apart from the victims, aged 4 and 5, another six children remained hospitalized while the others had been released and returned home.
It wasn't clear whether the poisoning was intentional or an accident.
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LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)The poor kids and their families.
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)Beware of all China exports!
840high
(17,196 posts)not go to my house.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)food companies are fighting to eliminate country of origin labels.
840high
(17,196 posts)Nanjing to Seoul
(2,088 posts)I live in China.
840high
(17,196 posts)womanofthehills
(8,774 posts)"Chinese-made ingredients are probably found in every aisle of American supermarkets. Consider that American favorite, the Hostess Twinkie. Of its 39 ingredients, at least half a dozen such as vitamin B compounds, the preservative sorbic acid and red and yellow colorings are most likely made in China, says Steve Ettlinger, author of the book, "Twinkie, Deconstructed.""
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-chinafood18may18,0,2166175.story#ixzz2wfWYhPoF
also many of our food items have citric acid and China is the largest distributor of citric acid.
Kablooie
(18,641 posts)Shipping their chicken to China for processing for the American market.
jsr
(7,712 posts)JoeyT
(6,785 posts)People get exposed to all kinds of nasty stuff that way, and it isn't particularly uncommon.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Nanjing to Seoul
(2,088 posts)alot of the cooking traditions and techniques are completely unsanitary. My apartment is upstairs from a number of restaurants here in Suzhou. When I walk behind them and see into the kitchen (because the door is wide open and flies are coming in), you see things that would make a rat say "pass."
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)In fact it's down right scary.
LeftishBrit
(41,212 posts)Cha
(297,693 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,072 posts)My parents visited China and told about how valued these "one" children are...