In a shocking turn of events revealed by a recent investigation, health officials and hospital workers in China have been caught tampering with blood tests in a scandal involving lead poisoning that affected over 250 children in Gansu Province. The findings, released by a special investigative team from the Gansu provincial Communist Party committee and government, disclose that education officials ignored serious safety violations at an unlicensed kindergarten that used toxic powdered pigments as food coloring.
The scandal began when food coloring, which was labeled as inedible and had lead content exceeding the national safety limit by 2,000 times, was used in meals served to the kids. Parents raised alarms about potential cover-ups after noticing unusually elevated lead levels in their children. Disturbingly, the Tianshui No. 2 People’s Hospital modified the blood test results of two children, reporting significantly lower lead levels than were actually found.
This issue has reignited conversations on food safety protocols in China, a country with a history of such scandals, leaving many outraged and calling for accountability and rapid reforms.
