Translations: Official Report on Tianshui Kindergarten Lead Poisoning Case “Exposes the Failure of an Entire System”

Translations: Official Report on Tianshui Kindergarten Lead Poisoning Case “Exposes the Failure of an Entire System”

An investigative report into the mass lead poisoning of hundreds of students and staff members at a kindergarten in Gansu province has revealed a host of safety and oversight violations, bribery and corruption, medical misconduct, and attempts to cover up the scandal. The unusually frank report, released by Gansu provincial officials after weeks of heated online discussion about the case, confirmed some of the public’s worst suspicions about the…