Chinese automaker BYD probed for pollution amid reports of nosebleeds in children


More than 600 children living near the BYD production plant have experienced repeated nosebleeds since April. - AP

BEIJING (Bloomberg): BYD Co, the Chinese automaker backed by Warren Buffett, has come under fire for pollution at one of its factories that residents say has caused nosebleeds in hundreds of children.

Officials in Changsha, the capital of central China’s Hunan province, sent a team to BYD’s factory to investigate gas emissions after receiving complaints from neighboUrs, the local government said in a statement on its official Weibo account Sunday (May 8).

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