Poisoned refinery workers seek compensation

XI'AN: Refinery workers in Fengxian county, Shaanxi province, are calling on the local government to help them secure compensation payments from their former employer, after the last 60 were recently released from hospital after more than a month of treatment for lead poisoning, the county's information office told China Daily yesterday.

At least 130 people were poisoned at the lead refinery in February.

The plant was subsequently closed down for failing to meet State safety standards, the office's spokesman Wang Jian said.