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Chinese kindergarten owner given life sentence over lead paint poisoning scandal

· By Phoebe Zhang
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The owner of a Chinese kindergarten has been jailed for life after more than 200 children were poisoned by lead in the country’s worst food safety scandal for almost two decades. A total of six people were jailed by the Lanzhou Intermediate People’s Court in Gansu province on Friday for making or selling harmful foo…

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