Toxic glue fumes kill factory worker

Illegal use of toxic glue at a toy factory in Zhangpu county, Fujian province, caused the death of one factory worker and hospitalized 20 others.

Chen Shaohong, a 19-year-old female high school graduate who had worked in the factory for around three weeks, died last Friday of liver damage, Huang Lihong, an official with the county's publicity department, told China Daily yesterday.

Fourteen other high school graduates from the Zhangpu No 3 High School who worked at the factory had been taken to hospital and were in stable condition, she added.