China still setting gold standard for manufacturing

It’s China sucks day here at DOTHT. This next story is about chemical leaks from a factory poisoning people nearby. On the brightside though, it still beats dying of the plague.

Hundreds of residents near a Chinese chemical plant have been found to have high levels of a dangerous metal in their bodies, after a series of leaks.[Ed. Note: I'll call Erin Brockovich]. Thirty-three of them were admitted to hospitals in Hunan province over the weekend with cadmium poisoning, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Production at the Changsha Xianghe plant in Liuyang stopped earlier this year, shortly before two people died. Cadmium can damage the liver, kidneys, lungs, nervous system and brain. Compounds containing the highly toxic metal, which is used in batteries, are also carcinogenic. [Source: bbc.co.uk].

So liver, kidney, respiratory, and neurological diseases and cancer. That's all? They made it sound serious. This is why I was concerned when the US started importing condoms from China. I'm not sold on the idea of contracting lead-poisoning vaginally.