PRO/EDR> Cadmium, human exposure – China: (JX)

Poisoning — China
According to a report in Voice of China’s “News Criss-Cross,” Ming Yang Battery Factory in Wuxi City of Jiangsu Province is a nickel cadmium battery producer. Recently, listeners told media that 70 employees of Ming Yang Battery Factory were found to have urine cadmium levels significantly above standards. Some workers had nearly 10 times over the standard.
But, upon applying to related agencies for appraisal of occupational disease, they were told that this does not constitute an