After 300 parents complained that their children were becoming ill from the emissions at the Shaanxi Dongling Lead and Zinc Smelting Factory located in the Changqing Industrial Park in Fengxiang County, doctors at the Xi'an Central Hospital diagnosed lead poisoning at levels three times the maximum safe level.
In 2006, the factory was ordered to help relocate the nearby villagers because the lead from their production could harm people's health, but so far only 100 of 581 households have been moved.
The villagers said they were willing to move to another location but could not afford new houses. The only thing they can do is to transfer their children to another school to avoid further poisoning.
About half of the parents in Maodaokou Village have decided to transfer children to another school next semester, but others do not have enough money, so their children must remain in the polluted environment.
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