Factories shut down over toxic glue
<p><span word="About">About</span> 1,000 <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="producing">producing</span> <span word="leather">leather</span> <span word="goods">goods</span>, <span word="shoes">shoes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bags">bags</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Guangdong">Guangdong</span> <span word="provincial">provincial</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="suspended">suspended</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="suspected">suspected</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="harmful">harmful</span> <span word="glues">glues</span>.</p><p><span word="Authorities">Authorities</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="sealed">sealed</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="another">another</span> 31 <span word="enterprises">enterprises</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="shut">shut</span> <span word="down">down</span> 15 <span word="others">others</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="inspection">inspection</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="month">month</span>.</p><p><span word="Guangzhou">Guangzhou</span> <span word="production">production</span> <span word="safety">safety</span> <span word="bureau">bureau</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="special">special</span> <span word="task">task</span> <span word="force">force</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="investigate">investigate</span> <span word="enterprises">enterprises</span> <span word="suspected">suspected</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="breaking">breaking</span> <span word="labor">labor</span> <span word="laws">laws</span> <span word="relating">relating</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="safety">safety</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Most">Most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="factories">factories</span> <span word="involved">involved</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="operation">operation</span> <span word="licenses">licenses</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="violated">violated</span> <span word="laws">laws</span>," <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bureau">bureau</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="surnamed">surnamed</span> <span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span>.</p><p><span word="Guangzhou">Guangzhou</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="detained">detained</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="suspected">suspected</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="illegally">illegally</span> <span word="producing">producing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="selling">selling</span> <span word="poisonous">poisonous</span> <span word="glues">glues</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="investigated">investigated</span> 2,873 <span word="companies">companies</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="after">after</span> 37 <span word="migrant">migrant</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="leather">leather</span>, <span word="shoe">shoe</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bag">bag</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Baiyun">Baiyun</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Liwan">Liwan</span> <span word="districts">districts</span> <span word="suffered">suffered</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="glue">glue</span> <span word="poisoning">poisoning</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="November">November</span>. <span word="Four">Four</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="died">died</span>.</p><p><span word="Liu">Liu</span> <span word="Yimin">Yimin</span>, <span word="vice">vice</span>-<span word="president">president</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Guangzhou">Guangzhou</span> <span word="No">No</span> 12 <span word="People">People</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Hospital">Hospital</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="admitted">admitted</span> 33 <span word="more">more</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="suffering">suffering</span> <span word="glue">glue</span> <span word="poisoning">poisoning</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="then">then</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="whom">whom</span> 28 <span word="were">were</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="treated">treated</span>.</p><p><span word="Most">Most</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="serious">serious</span> <span word="condition">condition</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="intensive">intensive</span> <span word="care">care</span> <span word="units">units</span>, <span word="Liu">Liu</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Their">Their</span> <span word="symptoms">symptoms</span> <span word="included">included</span> <span word="headaches">headaches</span>, <span word="feeling">feeling</span> <span word="weak">weak</span> <span word="overall">overall</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="incontinence">incontinence</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p>
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