# Dozens of provincial officials and hospital staff attempted to cover up a lead poisoning case at the Peixin kindergarten that made hundreds of children sick in north-west China and sparked widespread outrage. An official investigation found the officials tampered with the blood tests of students. Chefs used inedible paint to enhance the look of its meals, while food samples contained lead two-thousand times in excess of the national safety limit. The kindergarten’s principal, four cooks, and an investor were arrested, while another 17 people are under disciplinary investigation.
China finds cover-up in lead poisoning of 200 children