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China plant in lead poisoning scandal

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Nick Damato - Sep 29, 2009

I wonder if anyone has checked Chinese products for Cadmium? Cadmium is another heavy metal used to make bright pigments and for other uses similar to lead. It's used in rechargeable Nickel-Cadmium batteries which China is recycling a lot of these days.