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The author:(作者)qqpublished in(发表于) 2014/6/15 9:07:30 300 children blood lead in Hunan province， officials say chewing their pencils to be
Hengdong, Hunan town more than 300 children's blood lead level exceeding the suspected chemical plant-related
Mayor: chewing their pencils would Super lead
Recently, Pu, hengdong County, Hunan province, villagers, over more than 300 local children blood lead levels were found, and villagers suspect associated with the village of a chemical plant in production of electrolytic zinc. However, local officials said, exceeding the cause cannot be determined, a pencil in his mouth "may also be super lead."
Villagers
Over more than 300 children's blood lead level exceeded
On May 31, the occupational-disease-prevention hospital in Hunan province, residents of Tai Pu Zhu Mao got 6 sunziyiwanjun blood lead referral results: blood lead was 172 μg/l. She said that more than a year ago, is more than 300, gave grandson for over a year now, light hospital stay was 3 times, blood lead levels dropped, but still much higher than the standard value of 100 μg/l for children. Children "always lead, and blood is discharged."
Yi Wanjun was found at the end of 2012 is the excessive lead in blood, because I heard in the chemical opposite House with children check bleeding excessive levels of lead, Zhu Mao Yi Xinhuai, entered the home with her husband, 3 kids got to Changsha to inspect, and grandson of 170 μg/l of blood lead values, granddaughter more than 170, sunziyiwanjun 317.
Children's blood lead poisoning caused panic in the town, many people take their children to the hospital to get tested, and statistics, at least over more than 300 children have found excessive lead in blood. Huang Junjun on second-year middle school, his blood lead values reached 322 μg/l.
Journalists in the survey found that most of the some of the common symptoms of excessive levels of lead in blood of children, such as abdominal pain, feeling weak, growth has been affected. 11 year old Nie Yilong when blood lead values up to 248 μg/l, hospital reports indicate that he has already showed signs of retardation. At present Nie Yilong 138 cm in height, below the reference value of children the same age height 6.8 cm, weight 26 kg, below the reference value of children the same age weight 10 kg. Nie Yilong aunt says he has a poor memory, slow response.
In da Pu industrial park near the villager Lee Silver's grandson and granddaughter of blood lead values reached a 486 and 501, which belongs to the severe lead poisoning. Reporters saw Li Laiyin House hanging on the wall a lot of awards, Li Laiyin said that several years ago two children learn good access, actions up to excessive levels of lead in blood after 2012, and two children have never won the award.
Closer to plant blood lead values higher
Over more than 300 children's blood lead level exceeded the villagers think that door to the chemical plant's enterprise is the main culprit. Local residents led by reporters boarded a vantage point near the chemical plant. Meilen chemical plant not bigger, throughout, smoky, filled with burnt smell in the air. Reporters noted that the chemical works adjacent to the xiangjiang River on both sides, on three sides and has tens of thousands of people in residential areas is almost zero.
Villagers, the plant mainly produces as the pigment Lithopone, a few years ago because of weak markets shut down instead of producing electrolytic zinc and other chemicals.
Villagers in times of total blood lead of children in the town, also found a phenomenon, that is, from the chemical plant, near, children's blood lead values higher. In Meilen chemical plant just across from the front door, is the blood lead severe's children home. Zhang Huaixi blood lead values were for children aged 4 up to 268 μg/l. Reporter Zhang Huaixi lived in the House, Rangefinder measuring distance from the window to the factory gate is about 28 meters. Mao Zhu Jia only over more than 30 meters away from the plant.
Local response
Chemical management in place to monitor compliance
Interview process, hengdong County, just in time for EPA staff to routine factory inspections and allow together resident representatives into the plant.
Outside the plant's gates, well you can smell the pungent flavor, environmental inspectors have been choking cough. Stacked material and waste workshop, reporters saw bags filled with raw materials and waste scattered on the ground, with no surrounding dust dust collection facilities. Lead business countries have strict regulations, requires strict control of carbon production, as far as possible from the closed facilities such as pipelines for transport, but reporters at the scene saw, such as loading and unloading of raw materials, transport of waste waste, is carried out by workers in small carts.
However, after spinning in a circle with resident representative, hengdong County Environmental Protection Bureau supervision team captain Wu Shuilin evaluation said: "management, including sprinkling outside, including the factory management in place. ”
Such views in hengdong County in charge of environmental protection Deputy Magistrate Chen also received support. "We're all unstable monitor every week, now is standard. We have now is the environmental protection departments, city and county levels in the monitoring of this place. ”
According to local environmental protection departments and the County Government's view, Melody chemical environmental indicators are standard. Then, around so many children's blood lead level exceeded what the cause of it? Hengdong County Environmental Protection Bureau xiaofenglan said: "we can not confirm that the plant is (lead) sole source we don't have (found) qualification. ”
Hengdong County, town mayor Su Genlin said: "kids at school, the ballpoint pen, pencil, pencil in mouth or into the lead. ”
Test results
Home sewage pollution and factory
Resident Chen Chune and only separated by a chemical plant, a reporter in an interview in her home, are catching up with the opposite of the workshops in handling, a lot of gray smoke coming from the workshop roof, falling directly into her home. Reporter Chen Chune family under the sweeping Bay Windows and balconies of some dust, sent to a laboratory for testing. Results show that the dust lead levels as high as 7780 mg/kg, more than 350 mg/kg for national secondary standard, which is 21 times times the residential land, other heavy metals such as cadmium, zinc and mercury greatly exceeded the value of.
Outside the fence, reporters found Murano chemical and sanitary sewer, which lead directly to the xiangjiang River. Journalists and inspectors using metal scanners to detect the ditch sides of the mud and found excessive heavy metals content. Testing personnel to extract the mud samples back to the lab and accurate detection, the results show: 33400 mg/kg lead levels (grade standard of 500 mg/kg), 112000 mg/kg zinc (grade standard of 500 mg/kg), 10100 mg/kg of cadmium (grade standard of 1.0 mg/kg), 1190 mg/kg arsenic (grade standard 40 mg/kg).
Peking University School of public health, says Professor Pan Xiaochuan, proportion of heavy metal pollution from the factory, or levels of heavy metal contamination, and homes near the window sill heavy metal pollution in exactly the same proportions and domestic pollution by heavy metals, sewage from factories. In addition, heavy lead pollution inside the family, it can be concluded that for people living in the surrounding, especially children, corresponding health effects, there is a clear correlation.
Town residents, according to a document provided by the Government, in May 2012, hengdong County Environmental Protection Bureau has organized experts, Meilen chemical plant capacity of only 10,000 tons of electrolytic zinc project environmental impact reviews the investigation report and agree projects. However, the China Nonferrous metals Association Jiang Jimu read this document carefully, said after the files of the national development and Reform Commission has expressly provides that after 2007, the requirements for new construction and renovation and expansion of production scale of 100,000 tons, the project violated relevant State industrial development policies, shouldn't approve the construction. According to CCTV
(Original title: Mayor: chewing their pencils to be lead)
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