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China: Shanxi Vaccine scandal

Written byOiwan Lam
Posted 22 March 2010 6:37 GMT

PH from Veggie Discourse puts together various local reports on the “undetermined” causes led to death, disability, or serious sickness among nearly one hundred children in Shanxi. Many believe that the sickness and deaths are result of vaccines that are exposed to high temperature.

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    […] away dead babies?Huang’s article also lists some other recent horrific stories, including the Shanxi vaccine scandal (several children have died), investigations of restaurants that use discarded grease as cooking […]

    8 April 2010, 5:32 am
  • Pingback: 王二有话说 » 《为什么中国人不尊重生命？》

    […] 洪晃的文章还列举了其他一些最近的恐怖事件，包括山西疫苗丑闻（导致一些孩子死亡）， 对用地沟油作烹调油事件的调查，神秘的囚犯死亡事件。不幸的是，这些事件中证据还不能让我们更了解什么为“尊重生命”，或 者判断根本的转变是否已经在现代中国社会发生。 […]

    18 April 2010, 20:58 pm

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