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Cadmium-tainted rice sold to consumers
By Dong Zhen |
February 27, 2013, Wednesday
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NEARLY 10,000 tons of cadmium-contaminated rice may have been sold in Guangdong Province since 2009, local Nanfang Daily reported today, following months of investigation.
Shenzhen Cereals Group bought this batch of contaminated rice from Hunan Province in 2009 and local quality inspectors found it contained excessive levels of cadmium, a toxic metal, the report said.
The inspectors ruled that the rice could only be used for industrial purpose. But the company disposed of only 100 tons of the polluted rice, just 1 percent of the total, and sold the rest to consumers at discount prices.
The newspaper said its journalists bought the problem rice from vendors picked randomly in the provincial capital of Guangzhou and lab tests showed all the samples were contaminated by cadmium.
The rice was produced in contaminated farmland in Hunan Province. Cadmium is harmful to human kidneys and intestines and can cause cancer.
Shenzhen Cereals Group bought this batch of contaminated rice from Hunan Province in 2009 and local quality inspectors found it contained excessive levels of cadmium, a toxic metal, the report said.
The inspectors ruled that the rice could only be used for industrial purpose. But the company disposed of only 100 tons of the polluted rice, just 1 percent of the total, and sold the rest to consumers at discount prices.
The newspaper said its journalists bought the problem rice from vendors picked randomly in the provincial capital of Guangzhou and lab tests showed all the samples were contaminated by cadmium.
The rice was produced in contaminated farmland in Hunan Province. Cadmium is harmful to human kidneys and intestines and can cause cancer.
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