Deadly contamination: Some of the goats that died of toxic leek poisoning in Shouguang, Shandong province. — Photo provided to China Daily
BEIJING: Two farmers in northern China have been sentenced to prison for selling toxic leeks to farmers in Shouguang, Shandong province, and causing the deaths of about 120 goats, according to a verdict posted online.
Meng Wenguang and Meng Fanjiang, both from Shenyang, Liaoning province, used phorate – a highly toxic pesticide that was banned in China in 2002 – to control plant diseases and insects on the growing leeks.
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