Students at Chinese school fall ill from soil contamination - Polidicks

[quote]State TV in April said soil tests near the school showed chemical levels at 95,000 times the national limit.[/quote] [quote]The Changzou Foreign Language School in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, was built near recently-closed chemical plants.[/quote] [quote]In its report in April, state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) said that 500 children had developed dermatitis, blood abnormalities, leukaemia and lymphoma, and nearly five out of six pupils who underwent medical checks had health problems. The report was viewed online by tens of millions of people and caused outrage across the country. Other news outlets reported that the school had been built against the advice of environmental regulators.[/quote] [quote]But a three-month study of the air, water and soil around the school said contamination levels were within acceptable limits. It did not say what might have caused the children's sickness.[/quote] [quote]Changzou city officials have told the official Xinhua news agency there were "some problems with the earlier soil rehabilitation process" but said that otherwise the investigation found few significant problems. They said there was no link between the school's location and thyroid problems the pupils had been having, adding that the rate of thyroid problems was rising in the general population.[/quote] [url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37204986]**SOURCE**[/url] I had to shuffle the sentences around a little because not only is it a follow-up on an old article but it reeks of amazing amounts of bullshit. Build a school around contaminated land, people get sick, word spreads, tests are done again and then suddenly there's no problems here. Everything is normal and even though all these students are sick and the initial tests showed all sorts of problems it's not because of something here. Nope, not here. Please keep moving.

Good ol state sponsored media

remember only the official government official sponsored study is conclusive, independant analysis should be immediatly discredited if it disagrees with it

this is by far from the first time china has done this, they have been caught multiple times lying about their air quality too.

Mind you the study was CITY sponsored and China's larger news outlets ARE reporting on this issue. The federal Chinese government isn't trying to cover it up, it is the city that is doing this. Not everything is controlled by the central government, I don't think any government is capable of that (at least, not efficiently). [editline]27th August 2016[/editline] There is already outrage across China according to the article, I wouldn't doubt those officials won't hold office for long considering that. China is at least partly democratic, and the central government might just oust the city officials just to get people to shut up about the issue.

Can you imagine sending your kids to school and finding out when they come back that they have fucking leukemia? It makes me really thankful I live in Sweden, but this really makes my blood boil.

95,000 times the permitted amount of chemicals. Holy shit.

[QUOTE=jiggu;50958675]Can you imagine sending your kids to school and finding out when they come back that they have fucking leukemia? It makes me really thankful I live in Sweden, but this really makes my blood boil.[/QUOTE] The Love Canal. [img]http://www.ucc.org/god-is-still-speaking/images/firsts/love-canal.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=pentium;50959331]The Love Canal. [img]http://www.ucc.org/god-is-still-speaking/images/firsts/love-canal.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] We have so many cases like that, and yet you still have people that will vehemently argue against things like regulatory agencies and oversight.

[quote]State TV in April said soil tests near the school showed chemical levels at 95,000 times the national limit.[/quote] Completely meaningless scaremongering statement. What chemicals are these? What levels were they found at? What are their usual limits?

[QUOTE=Headhumpy;50961631]Completely meaningless scaremongering statement. What chemicals are these? What levels were they found at? What are their usual limits?[/QUOTE] Yeah, I'd like to know what the chemical is.

Some carcinogen probably, if kids developed leukemia.