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LARGE POPULATION, MANY CHILDREN SUFFER LEAD POISONING; EL SALVADOR SHUTS DOWN MAJOR BATTERY FACTORY.
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In El Salvador, high levels of lead have sickened significant numbers of children, students at the Centro Escolar Comunidad Rural Sitio del Nino in San Juan Opico. Since May, more than 40 children from the school have left the school after tests showed blood levels of lead higher than 30 micrograms per deciliter (mcg/dl), where anything over 10 mcg/dl is considered toxic. The center is 400 meters from a battery plant, Baterias de El Salvador, lead recyclers and makers of Record Batteries. School officials have repeatedly asked that the school be moved but to no avail. After months of dawdling, Minister of Education Darlyn Meza said in August, "The safest thing is that the school should not function another year. We have to see about putting more classrooms in other places and talk with the teachers about how to relocate."
The response was clearly inadequate and prompted San Juan Opico residents to demonstrate at the city hall for cancellation of the battery company's permit to operate. They collected signatures for compensation for the affected children....
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