Hundreds of Chinese students fall seriously ill at school built on toxic site
 

Hundreds of Chinese students fall seriously ill at school built on toxic site
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An investigation was launched on Sunday by China's Ministry of Environmental Protection on the Changzhou Foreign Language School in Jiangsu, China, after almost 500 students fell ill with a range of illnesses as serious as cancer.

Of the 641 students examined by doctors, 493 of them were diag**sed with several diseases.

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According to China Daily, the pollution-related illnesses include dermatitis, eczema, blood ab**rmalities and leukemia — a type of cancer.

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The students started to fall ill after the school moved to a facility built on a toxic site that previously housed three chemical factories in September, reported CCTV News. Read more...


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