LANZHOU, China (Xinhua): Six individuals, including a kindergarten investor, principal, and kitchen staff-have been arrested in northwest China's Gansu Province for deliberately adding toxic, lead-containing pigments to children's meals, resulting in the poisoning of 247 preschoolers, according to a government investigation released on Sunday.
The investigation, ordered by Gansu's provincial leadership and involving state environmental and health experts, concluded that cooks at the Heshi Peixin Kindergarten in Maiji District, Tianshui City, added pigments clearly labelled "inedible" into flour to make corn rolls and date cakes.
