The awful cost of a rural lead-smelting miracle.

by LaVonne on 06/03/10 at 6:00 am

When news began circulating that the smelting industry in this remote farming area of China was about to expand, peasants rejoiced. Today, years later, Jiyuan is at the centre of a lead poisoning epidemic.

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