Ammonia leak poisons 200
By ZHENG CAIXIONG | China Daily | Updated: 2010-04-30 07:51
Three residents rest in hospital beds on Wednesday while they recuperate from exposure to a chemical leakage in Jieyang, Guangdong province. More than 200 villagers were sent to six local hospitals for treatment after being poisoned on Monday night when liquid ammonia leaked from the Zhongtai chemical plant in Zhupu village in Jieyang. Zhang Di / China Daily |
GUANGZHOU - About 20 villagers in Jieyang of South China's Guangdong province remained hospitalized on Thursday afternoon, three days after they were poisoned by a liquid ammonia leak at a nearby chemical plant.
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