From RFA Unplugged:
Cases of poisoning have been emerging in villages around Chengxi county, Huaihua city since last week, RFA’s Cantonese and Mandarin services report. Domestic media reports have already carried interviews with villagers who complained that the pollution came from waste water from nearby vanadium mine and an associated sulphuric acid plant which had leaked into the water table. Thousands of villagers from villages in the area were now heading to nearby hospitals to seek medical attention.
A resident of Banqiao village surnamed Chen said people were complaining of severe headaches, edema (swelling) and a feeling of weakness in their limbs. One after another, they were seeking medical attention. Once at the hospital, they were told by medical staff that they had a suspected case of poisoning through pollution of the water supply. He estimated that. [Full Text]
