Upon inquiry, it was known that eight medical staff of Xi 'an Central Hospital collected blood samples of children and infants under the age of 14, with the emphasis on lead content. According to the previous tests conducted by villagers in Sunjianantou Village and the neighboring village in Baoji City, the vast majority of hundreds of infants and young children in the two villages were found to have excessive lead in their bodies, and some of them seriously exceeded the standard, reaching the poisoning standard. Surrounded by two villagers, Dongling Group Shaanxi Dongling Smelting Co., Ltd., a lead and zinc smelting enterprise with an annual output of 200,000 tons, is suspected to be related to this. Lead poisoning comes from the accidental discovery of villagers.
Miao Fan, a 6-year-old girl from 9 groups in Madaokou village, was the first to find abnormal lead content. In March of this year, Miao Fan was always complaining about stomachache and showed irritability. She was taken to Fengxiang County Hospital for examination by her parents. The result turned out to be "lead poisoning gastritis".
It was not until July 6th that Xue, a villager from Nantou Village 1 group, came to Baoji Maternal and Child Health Hospital with his 8-year-old son Sun Jintao and his 6-year-old cousin Sun Jinyang, which attracted the attention of the villagers. "My son is short and thin. He looks like a 4-year-old child and weighs less than 50 pounds. I want to check it for him. " Xue said that her son's cousin had abnormal hair and patches, so she followed suit. The test results of trace elements surprised the doctor: the blood lead content of the two brothers reached 239 micrograms and 242 micrograms per liter, which greatly exceeded the normal value of 0- 100 micrograms.
The doctor told Xue that the lead content in blood was below 0/00 microgram per liter, which was relatively safe. 100— 199 μ g, heme metabolism was affected and nerve conduction velocity decreased. Between 200 and 499 micrograms, there may be symptoms such as low immunity, learning difficulties, inattention, decreased IQ or physical retardation.
The villagers surrounded the gate of the smelting company.
After hearing what the doctor said, Xue suddenly felt the seriousness of the problem: the lead and zinc smelting company of Dongling Group was near her home. Since 2006, water and air have gone bad, and children's blood lead content is abnormal, which is estimated to be related to enterprises. The results of the inspection soon spread in two villages. Some villagers took their children to Baoji Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Baoji Central Hospital and Baoji People's Hospital for physical examination. The results of physical examination surprised the villagers: almost all the children's lead content exceeded the standard. On August 3-4, villagers with abnormal emotions blocked the gate of Dongling Group Smelting Company, which led to the company's failure to produce normally and the two sides clashed. After the incident, the relevant leaders of Fengxiang County Party Committee and county government rushed to the scene to organize personnel to count the number of children with blood lead exceeding the standard, and the environmental protection department also intervened in the investigation. Villagers: At least 300 children have excessive blood lead.
According to incomplete statistics of villagers, the number of infants aged 0- 14 in Sunjianantou Village and Madaokou Village both exceeds 160. At least 300 children in these two villages have excessive blood lead. Starting from August 7th, according to the task of Shaanxi Provincial Health Department, medical staff in xi Central Hospital need to collect blood samples from 864 children. On August 7th, 300 blood samples were collected. Because there are too many children who need to be tested, it is difficult to raise enough testing reagents in Shaanxi Province at present. Xi central hospital is urgently dispatching from Beijing. It is expected that the next collection will take place around next Tuesday, and all blood samples of 864 children will be collected next week. The test results will be published within three to four days after all blood samples are collected.
The government promised free treatment.
After the incident of abnormal blood lead, Fengxiang County Party Committee and county government held two enlarged meetings of the Standing Committee to study and deploy the disposal of the incident of excessive blood lead. The meeting put forward five disposal principles: 1. Relying on the authority of provincial and municipal centers for disease control and prevention to verify and confirm; 2。 The government funded a free and comprehensive verification of the problem of excessive blood lead of relevant children; 3。 Open and fair, and announce the inspection results at the first time; 4。 People-oriented, once children with excessive blood lead are diagnosed, all children will be treated promptly and effectively for free to ensure early cure without sequelae; 5。 Focus on the long-term, do a good job in planning and related relocation work.
In fact, as early as last year, villagers in two villages knew the possible harm of lead and zinc smelting. Du School across the street is one of them. At her request, Ma Fan, 14-year-old grandson, was sent to work in Yinchuan, Ningxia last autumn, and no abnormality in blood lead was detected this time. Wang Hong, who lives at the gate of the smelting company, also sent Wang Jiaxin, a child aged 12, to Chenguang Primary School, a private primary school in Famen Temple in Fufeng County, far away from pollution. Wang Hong estimates that more children will be moved to other places this autumn.
It is even more terrible that the blood lead of workers in smelting companies exceeds the standard.
Ma Yungang, a 23-year-old youth from 7 groups in Madaokou Village, is a household name in the local area. As we all know, he works in a smelting company, and his blood lead content is above 1000 (μ g/L). Ma Yungang, a 50-year-old father of Ma Yungang, confirmed to reporters yesterday that his son's blood lead content exceeded 1 100 (microgram/liter) in May this year, which declined after the company was discharged from hospital with infusion. He also confirmed that his son had submitted his resignation report to the company last month, "which has not been approved yet". Other employees working in smelting companies also confirmed that the blood lead content exceeded the normal value, above 400 (μ g/L), and many of them were 600, 700 and 800. Workers said that the blood lead of residents outside exceeded the standard because the safe distance was not enough.
The main reasons for slow relocation or exceeding the standard
According to local media in Shaanxi, according to the agreement that Dongling Smelting Company settled in Changqing Industrial Park, 58 1 villagers living around * * * Company need to move. However, only 156 households have actually moved to Changqing industrial park since the smelter settled in for two years, and 425 households have not moved.
Pu, deputy director of Changqing Industrial Park Management Committee, said that in the future, the park will raise 20 million yuan every year and relocate about 6543.8+000 households every year. People from the house demolition group of Fengxiang County Leading Group for Excessive Blood Lead said that the first batch of relocated households will be prepared before the end of this month.
At present, the Environmental Monitoring Bureau of Shaanxi Provincial Environmental Protection Department has formed an environmental monitoring group to go deep into smelting enterprises and nearby village groups, and set up 12 point to detect the atmosphere, soil, water sources and enterprise sewage outlets. The test results will be available in a few days.
Environmental monitoring points increased to 12.
Baoji Environmental Protection Monitoring Station entered Dongling Smelting Company on the 6th, and sampled the groundwater, surface water and soil around the company that day. Monitoring points were added yesterday, including along the expressway, and now the monitoring points are increased to 12. According to the monitoring results of 12 monitoring point, the environmental protection department will determine the pollution sources according to law, so as to "reassure the people and make the enterprises understand".