This 75-page report draws on research in heavily lead-contaminated villages in Henan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, and Hunan provinces. The report documents how, despite increasing regulation and sporadic enforcement targeting polluting factories, local authorities are ignoring the urgent and long-term health consequences of a generation of children continuously exposed to life-threatening levels of lead.

pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/china0611WebInside_0.pdf

Articles:

Article 17: Access to appropriate information

Article 24: Health and health services

Article 23: Children with disabilities

Article 27: Standard of living

Organisation:

Human Rights Watch

Attachment Link:

http://www.crin.org/docs/china0611WebInside_0.pdf

Web:

http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2011/06/15/my-children-have-been-poisoned-0

Link :

Countries

China

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