{"id":15679,"date":"2007-11-20T19:50:09","date_gmt":"2007-11-21T02:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/11\/20\/american-imports-chinese-deaths-loretta-tofani\/"},"modified":"2007-11-20T19:50:09","modified_gmt":"2007-11-21T02:50:09","slug":"american-imports-chinese-deaths-loretta-tofani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/11\/american-imports-chinese-deaths-loretta-tofani\/","title":{"rendered":"American Imports, Chinese Deaths &#8211; Loretta Tofani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/images\/_china_photos_story1_1.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/images\/_china_photos_story1_1.jpg','popup','width=400+20,height=625+20,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/images\/_china_photos_story1_1-tm.jpg\" height=\"156\" width=\"100\" alt=\" China Photos Story1 1\" \/><\/a> Please click <a href=\"http:\/\/extras.sltrib.com\/china\/\">here <\/a>to read the 7-part series &#8220;American Imports, Chinese Deaths&#8221; &#8211; A Salt Lake Tribune Special Report:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe patients arrive every day in Chinese hospitals with disabling and fatal diseases, acquired while making products for America.<\/p>\n<p>On the sixth floor of the Guangzhou Occupational Disease and Prevention Hospital, Wei Chaihua, 44, sits on his iron-rail bed, tethered to an oxygen tank. 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