Shanghai Gas Sickens 190
Associated Press
BEIJING —
Benzene gas leaked from a factory in a residential part of Shanghai and sickened more than 190 people, including nine who had to be hospitalized, an official report said Thursday. Most complained of feeling dizzy, weak and short of breath after the toxic gas spread Wednesday over Shanghai’s Shenjiadu neighborhood, the China Daily said.
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