19 hospitalized in lead poisoning case
By YAN JIE | China Daily | Updated: 2010-03-22 07:51
BEIJING - The latest lead poisoning case in Central China's Hunan province has left 19 villagers hospitalized after some of them complained of abdominal pains early this month.
This is the second case involving poisoning from lead pollution in Hunan within seven months.
The 19 diagnosed with lead poisoning are undergoing treatment in the Chenzhou Hospital of Chinese Medicine in Chenzhou, a southern city in Hunan, Xinhua News Agency reported.
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