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More questions than answers in school report

By Zhang Tiankan | China Daily | Updated: 2016-04-27 09:00

THE CHANGZHOU SCANDAL, in which over 900 students were diagnosed with health problems after their school moved to a piece of land near where there used to be chemical plants, continues to make headlines. The local authorities have issued a report concluding the school's water and environmental conditions "meet State standards". However, the report uses rather vague words and expressions, according to Zhang Tiankan, a former research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences:

An official report is supposed to answer questions, but the one issued by Changzhou officials only raises new ones.

For example, they said that 35 students suffer from "superficial lymphadenectasis, mostly caused by infection".

More questions than answers in school report

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