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Kindergarten owner jailed for lead poisoning of 247 children
A Chinese kindergarten operator and staff were sentenced after serving food laced with toxic paint pigment to over 200 students, causing abnormally high blood lead levels.
In brief
A Chinese kindergarten operator and staff were sentenced after serving food laced with toxic paint pigment to over 200 students, causing abnormally high blood lead levels. Li Huifang, operator of Heshi Peixin Kindergarten in Tianshui, Gansu province, received a life sentence after staff added lead-containing paint…
Poisoning discovered at Chinese kindergarten
In July two thousand twenty-five, about two hundred forty-seven students and more than twenty staff at a kindergarten in Tianshui, Gansu province, were found to have abnormally high blood lead levels.
Paint pigment added to children's food
Media reports said the kindergarten added inedible, lead-containing paint pigments to food for visual appeal, making the meals look brighter to the young children.
Operator sentenced to life in prison
On Friday, the Lanzhou Intermediate People's Court found Li Huifang, who operated Heshi Peixin Kindergarten, guilty and sentenced her to life in prison.
Other staff members also convicted
The court sentenced Zhu Jinglin, the kindergarten's executive principal, to fifteen years in jail with a three hundred thousand yuan fine.
The takeaway
Li Huifang, operator of Heshi Peixin Kindergarten in Tianshui, Gansu province, received a life sentence after staff added lead-containing paint pigment to food served to children in July two thousand twenty-five.
