Chemicals sicken 140 kids, teachers in China
(AP)
Updated: 2007-04-18 09:15
BEIJING - A fertilizer plant in southwest China discharged a "huge amount" of
sulfur dioxide, sickening about 140 children and teachers, state media reported
Tuesday.
The plant, which produces chemical fertilizers in the county of Xifeng in
Guizhou province, emitted the colorless gas into the atmosphere Monday, the
Xinhua News Agency said, citing a local official.
Five teachers and 135 students from two primary schools and a middle school
reported problems breathing and were taken to a local hospital, Xinhua quoted
the county's executive deputy head, Huang Yonghui, as saying.
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