It's Just A Little Lead Poisoning - Now Get Back To Work!

[hatrack]

BEIJING, June 3 -- "About 140 workers in Guangzhou Nanfang Guangyuan Super Energy Battery Ltd. suffered lead poisoning but were forced to work after receiving treatment, the Guangzhou Daily reported Thursday, citing a worker of the company.

The worker surnamed Hou had been in the polishing workshop for three years. He said he started suffering stomachaches in March and was diagnosed with chronic gastritis. A female worker who also suffered stomachache went to see a doctor and was diagnosed with lead poisoning. More than 140 discovered they had lead poisoning after the company’s 400 workers took a physical April 27. According to Hou, the factory was seriously polluted.

Another worker said the hospital asked him to receive treatment for three consecutive days because the lead concentration in his blood had badly exceeded the normal scale. However, the factory demanded he work immediately after the treatment.

The company denied the claims. Wang Zonglu, general manager of the firm, said they had warned the workers against lead poisoning when recruiting and set safety rules for workers."

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/03/content_3040397.htm

[Boomer]

1. Oh, that's okay then

>> Wang Zonglu, general manager of the firm, said they had warned the workers against lead poisoning when recruiting <<

[hunter]

2. Stuff like that never happens in the United States...

:sarcasm:

[NNadir]

3. This is not environmentally serious.

The batteries were going to be used to store solar PV electricity. Anything that is connected with PV solar electricity is harmless and without risk. I know. Immoral self-serving, idle, middle class twits tell me this almost every day.

The way to make worker injury and death important is to use the word nuclear in the sentence. Here is how to make this issue important: "Chinese workers in a battery plant that made batteries that could be used to store energy from nuclear power plants, suffered lead poisoning..."

Under these conditions, you will get thousands and thousands of websites and threads dedicated to discussing these workers.