A gas leak from a chemical plant in Zhongshan 58 teachers and students at a nearby school were unwell

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On the morning of June 30, Huili Chemical Plant in Bai carp village in Dongsheng Town, Zhongshan City, due to improper operation of production workers, resulting in a stimulating gas leak, resulting in 57 primary school students and a teacher in nearby Tongmao Primary School unwell and sent to the hospital for treatment. At present, the teachers and students admitted to the hospital for treatment did not show symptoms of poisoning, have been all discharged from the hospital. Tongmao Primary School resumed classes on July 1st
the government of Shengzhen, Shandong Province, reported that on June 30th, at about 9:30 a.m., Huili Chemical Plant had two reactors producing UV resins, and a sudden power failure in the production process caused the reactor mixer to stop working, causing heat dissipation and abnormally high reactor temperatures. Factory operators will respond to the organic matter out of the reactor to 3 barrels of iron barrels, because the organic reaction did not stop, so that 3 iron barrels burst, the internal chemical raw materials continuously spewed smoke, resulting in a pungent smell pervading the surrounding area, resulting in a number of teachers and students near Tongmao Primary School discomfort, dizziness, chest tightness, shortness of breath and other symptoms. At about 10:12 a.m., 58 unwell teachers and students from Tongmao Primary School were taken to the nearby Dongsheng Hospital for observation, of whom 56 students and one teacher were treated at Dongsheng Hospital and one student was taken by his parents to boao Hospital for treatment because of a heart attack.
After investigation, Zhongshan Dongsheng Town Huili chemical plant mainly produces UV resin, used in furniture
coatings
,
building coatings
and other uses, the raw materials used are mainly acrylic and epoxy resin. According to experts such as Professor Pan Weibin of South China University of Technology, the main components of the leaking gas are volatile organic pollutants (VOCs) such as benzene and acrylic. Such substances have a stimulating effect on the respiratory tract, the human body will cause physical discomfort, inhalation of high concentrations will cause asphyxia symptoms, but after timely diagnosis and treatment, symptoms will disappear, no reports will cause sequelae.