Cause Revealed After Over 200 Children Poisoned in Chinese Kindergarten | Daily Livestream Highlights

Of course, the second major key question is: what is the real culprit behind this poisoning? Where exactly did the lead come from? What was its source? The official explanation says, okay, someone bought a pigment, and it ended up in the product— but is this really true? Is it reliable? Of course, if we dig into this question, it will make everyone who cares about food safety realize just how important it is to have a reliable source for our food right? For example, take this red sea cucumber I have here—when it's in season, I recommend the red sea cucumber from Jeju Island, South Korea. Many people know that the biggest feature of this sea cucumber is its incredible regenerative ability. If you cut this red sea cucumber in half, each half can grow into a complete sea cucumber. Also, people say that this red sea cucumber is rich in what we call natural nutrients. It also contains some essential growth factors for the human body. Because of this, it can effectively promote the proliferation of human fibroblasts and endothelial cells, which means it has a strong repairing effect on the body. Let me give you an example. Many of you may have experienced recurring joint pain, fatigue, poor sleep, low immunity, and so on. The root cause of these issues is actually that, in many people ’ s bodies , there are chronic inflammations that have been present for a long time without you even realizing it. Honghaisheng is a natural supplement specifically designed to help repair chronic inflammation and aid in post-surgical recovery. Also, as I mentioned earlier, the source of this Honghaisheng is food-based, right? Most importantly, it comes from local female divers who continue the traditional way of free diving and hand-harvesting these wild red sea cucumbers. It's definitely not like those from many other places that are artificially farmed—this kind of sea cucumber ca n't compare. Plus, there are absolutely no hormones or drug residues and so on. It's very friendly for pregnant women, so you can consume it with peace of mind. So, as you can see, this packet of Hongwaisheng in my hand—90 % of it is extract from wild red sea cucumbers The remaining 10 % contains a bit of blueberry and other fruits, just to adjust the taste, giving it a slightly sweet and sour flavor. Actually, it tastes pretty good. Also, you do n't need to worry about its quality, right ? You might wonder if it's reliable. Look, there's a'three stars' here, right? The Samsung logo is printed right here. Why is that? Samsung makes electronics, so why is their logo here? It's because this is a Samsung company product, so they can use their own brand. They use their brand to guarantee this Honghaisheng product. Let me give you an example: there's a Mr. Zhang, who 's over fifty years old. He works in construction engineering, right? Basically, he's a supervisor—this kind of job. Think about it, he's been working outdoors for years. So, he said that in recent years, as he's gotten older he's started to notice soreness and pain in his knees. His joints started to feel stiff, and even walking became awkward and not as smooth as before. On top of that, he had to take painkillers, but the problem kept coming back. Also, taking too many painkillers can have pretty serious side effects. So later, he decided to give this a try. He drank a packet of this red sea cucumber every day, and after just over a week, he noticed that his joint pain had clearly eased up. He also started to move and walk more easily and smoothly, his sleep at night improved, and his overall energy got a lot better. Actually, there are a lot more examples like this, but because of time, we won ’ t go on and on here, right? So, for those who are interested ... Feel free to click the link below our program to check it out. You can enter the exclusive discount code'TJY'—that ’ s my personal code—to immediately enjoy a 15 % discount. Plus, you ’ ll also get a free pack of Taiwan ’ s highest peak Yushan Gold Tea, worth sixty dollars. That ’ s high mountain tea, Taiwan high mountain tea. This includes mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan North America, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and so on—shipping is free to all these regions. You can also call the order hotline at 800-880-5697, and a dedicated staff member will help you place your order. All you need to do is give your instructions verbally. Alright, thank you all for your support. Let's get back to our earlier discussion—where exactly does such a high concentration of lead come from? Mr. Gao mentioned that, although the official report did provide an explanation, it basically said that the kitchen staff were just too foolish, right? In order to make the food look better, they actually went and bought those clearly labeled inedible decorative paints to use as food additives, which is what led to so many teachers and students being poisoned together. And the authorities even released a short segment of surveillance footage to prove, you see, this was the kitchen staff's fault, right? But if you think about it carefully, you'll realize there's actually a problem with what they're saying—a big problem, in fact. So what's the issue? First of all, just think about it: under normal circumstances, why would the kindergarten kitchen use colored paint instead of regular food coloring? It's obviously because they think the former is much cheaper, so they can save on costs. This is basically a major mistake made out of greed. But if you look into it, and as we've seen, a lot of netizens have started digging into this issue , you'll find that, in reality, colored paint is n't actually cheaper—in fact, it's a bit more expensive than regular, qualified food coloring. Even if there are some brands of paint that are a little cheaper, the difference is n't much at all. In other words, just for this tiny, almost negligible difference in cost, you ’ re taking a huge risk that could cause a lot of people to get poisoned. This really goes against basic common sense and logic, doesn ’ t it? So, what we see here is that there really isn ’ t a strong enough motive. And more importantly, according to the official report the kindergarten had two retained food samples, right One was called'Three-Color Red Date Cake,' and the other was'Corn Sausage Roll. Both of these had extremely high lead content—one reached 1,052 milligrams, and the other 1,340 milligrams per kilogram, right? That ’ s way above the safety standard, which is just 0.5 milligrams. But think about it, everyone. Even if these colored paints contain lead, there are official standards for this. There are safety standards—meaning, the companies that manufacture these paints have regulations to follow. According to these standards, if an adult uses this kind of paint , the lead content per kilogram can not exceed 100 milligrams at most. Think about it, everyone. As we just mentioned, according to the official statement, these two pieces with higher levels—their lead content both exceeded over a thousand, right? One was just over a thousand, and the other was more than 1,300. That ’ s more than ten times the upper limit of 100 milligrams—way, way over the limit. So what does that tell us? It means that if you want to use one kilogram of flour to make this pastry and reach such a high lead content you ’ d have to add at least a dozen kilograms of coloring. Only then could the pastry reach such a high level of lead content. Mixing a dozen kilograms of coloring with just one kilogram of flour—what kind of concept is that? As soon as you hear it, you must think, right? That ’ s obviously, well, completely absurd, impossible right? So how do you explain this? The only reasonable explanation is that the cooks at this kindergarten have mastered a technology even more advanced than Iran ’ s uranium enrichment—something you could call'lead enrichment'. Otherwise, there ’ s simply no way they could have made such a high concentration of lead in their pastries. And there ’ s another thing—even if we assume that the kitchen staff, right, are all people with no education or common sense, just think about it: those colored paints all have some kind of chemical or metallic smell. If you put that into food, it ’ s definitely going to affect the taste. If you want a bunch of little kids who are already picky eaters to obediently eat their food, right? They ’ d have to figure out a way to get rid of those strange smells first, right? So basically, this method doesn ’ t really save any money, it ’ s actually a huge hassle to use, and on top of that, it comes with serious safety risks. So why would the kitchen staff go through all this trouble for something that ’ s so thankless, right? And what ’ s even more intriguing is— Right below these related domestic video news reports, someone who ’ s in the know actually left a comment exposing some inside information. He said his cousin works as a kitchen hand for this business, and the monthly salary is less than two thousand yuan. And apparently, they ’ re planning to make these kitchen workers take the fall, because the supply chain isn ’ t something they ’ re in charge of purchasing, let alone controlling—they ’ re just responsible for cooking right? So, you see, she ’ s just an ordinary rural woman, and now she ’ s being made to take the blame for others. How would she even know what lead poisoning is, or anything like that? Her family is worried sick, but now that someone needs to be the scapegoat, it ’ s them, and so on, right? So when everyone sees this revelation, at least from my perspective, I think it ’ s pretty reasonable and credible. It shows that this so-called claim of poisoning during kitchen operations actually has a lot more going on beneath the surface, and it really deserves to be questioned in a big way. Secondly, according to some medical and toxicology experts, they believe that for so many students to have such severely elevated blood lead levels, it ’ s obvious that this couldn ’ t have happened in just a short period of time. Because we can see that some parents have shown that as early as last May, the test results already indicated abnormal blood lead levels. So, at the very least, the problem had already existed more than a year ago, but at that time, the parents probably didn ’ t pay much attention to it. They didn ’ t connect it with the salespeople at that time. But if you think about it, buying these pigments to make these pastries has only been happening in the past few months. What ’ s more, the official report only found issues with two items, right? One is called'three-color steamed cake,' and the other is'corn roll. Only these two types of food were found to have problems. These pastries, whether big or small, aren ’ t eaten at every meal, nor are they eaten every day. In other words, from a medical perspective, if a blood lead concentration test shows it has already reached over 400 micrograms per liter, right? If it ’ s reached that level, it means the amount of lead that person has ingested— —could be far more than 400 micrograms, at least dozens of times higher. Why is that? Because a large portion of the lead that enters the human body is actually first stored in the bones. Then it gets released from the bones back into the bloodstream, and only then can it be detected in your blood test. So if your blood test already shows 400 micrograms, that means there ’ s already an even higher concentration of lead stored in your bones and inside your body. So what you find in your blood is only a part of the total amount. So just think about it—such a large amount, right? With such a high level of lead poisoning, it ’ s almost impossible to reach that just by occasionally eating a few pieces of pastry every now and then. There ’ s no way you could accumulate such a high level of lead just from that. Just think about it—these students ’ meal plans change every day. They only eat this about once a week, because, as everyone knows, institutions like this always have varied menus, right? The menu doesn ’ t repeat each week. And there ’ s another issue as well. This Li Huifang, she invested in four institutions. Of these, three were found to be operating normally after inspection, which sounds a bit strange, doesn ’ t If she was really just greedy for money, trying to save a bit on costs by telling everyone to buy this pigment to replace food coloring, then all four institutions should have been doing the same thing, right? That would make sense, because it would save even more money. So why did this only happen at one institution, while the other three were all found to be normal? Why didn ’ t they buy this pigment? Right? Clearly, this doesn ’ t make basic sense. And just today, we saw that as soon as the official announcement from Gansu—the results of the investigation—was released, a pigment manufacturer immediately came forward and publicly issued a statement that completely contradicted it. This statement came from Shenzhen Daxing Chemical Co., Ltd. They released a document titled'Daxing Pigment Statement on Products Not Containing Heavy Metals. This is the statement. In this statement, it clearly mentions that all organic pigments produced by Daxing Chemical strictly adhere to national and international standards, and do not contain heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, or mercury. The product packaging is also clearly labeled as inedible and for industrial use only. They firmly rule out any possibility of the product being added to food or being misused. That's the statement they released. Now, as we all know, in the relevant official news reports, they did n't mention which company the training salespeople actually purchased the pigments from, right ? But now we see Daxing Chemical coming out with this statement, so obviously it's not without reason, right? So, Daxing Chemical's statement is actually very clear . First, their pigments do not contain lead, nor do they contain chromium, mercury, or any other heavy metals, so they wo n't cause lead poisoning. Second, the product packaging is clearly labeled as inedible, so under normal circumstances, it would n't be used in food production. Third, the lead poisoning incident in Tianshui and the pigments produced by this company ... have absolutely no connection. That's Daxing's statement. When I say it's a slap in the face, I'm referring to the Gansu investigation team. So, do you all see the subtlety behind this? What is the real, reasonable explanation? In my view, the real, reasonable explanation is that the severe lead levels in the blood, this excessive amount, must have another source. Moreover, judging from the characteristic of long-term chronic accumulation, as we've seen here , the most likely source of this lead in the blood should be through drinking water, or some specific food that needs to be consumed over a long period of time in order to enter the human body. But when it comes to drinking water, a lot of people will definitely have the first thought: then it must be the local water supply, and maybe all the residents in the area could be at risk of poisoning, and so on. So why did only this kindergarten have a problem? Actually, this involves the issue of where the kindergarten's water comes from. Because right now, we ca n't know for sure whether this kindergarten has its own separate water source—for example, maybe they're using groundwater, or maybe the source of groundwater pollution is right near the kindergarten, and so on, right? Because groundwater pollution is actually one of the most common reasons for a large group of people to develop symptoms of varying severity. Now, we've already seen some informed netizens come forward and reveal that, less than two kilometers from this kindergarten, there's an operation station belonging to the Baiyin Nonferrous Group's lead-zinc mine. This station handles lead-zinc ore powder from Longnan which is to be transported to a central transfer site in Henan. Moreover, all this ore powder is stored in the open air so whenever it rains, it can easily get washed into the Wei River through the drainage pipes. This large lead-zinc mine transfer station has long had issues such as the storage of tailings and pollution from dust during transportation. Because this company—Baiyin Nonferrous Group—in Gansu, and even nationwide, has been repeatedly subject to regulation and penalties in the past for heavy metal pollution, such as from lead. And the kindergarten where the incident happened is located about 1.7 kilometers downstream from this transfer station. And what's even more alarming is that some well-informed local netizens have come forward to reveal that the land where this kindergarten staff member works used to be the very site where Baiyin Lead and Zinc Company dumped its waste. Ah, so originally it might have just been a piece of contaminated land. It was only a few years ago that the government approved using this land for construction, right? For building this kindergarten, as the site for the kindergarten. Now, as for the other three kindergartens run by Li Huifang, as everyone can see, after investigation, there were no issues with them. Only this one was newly opened in the past few years, and that's where the problem happened. It's precisely because of the pollution of the groundwater here, and even the contamination of the soil. I'm afraid they're all related. So, in my personal opinion, I think this revelation is quite logical and reasonable. As Elephant in English said, this Baiyin Group company is a large state-owned enterprise in the local area, so of course it concerns the local government's performance and its tax revenue, among other things. If, let's say, such a large-scale poisoning incident requires accountability, it could lead to this company being shut down, right? It could face serious and severe punishment. Accordingly, the relevant government officials would also inevitably have to bear leadership responsibility. So the impact on their political careers goes without saying. Ah, so do you see? We'll wrap up our discussion on this topic here today . I think we can basically draw a preliminary conclusion the lead poisoning incident at the Tianshui kindergarten was very likely caused by the local lead-zinc mine polluting the groundwater or the soil. This was caused by that. And what about the local government? For the sake of their economic interests and their own political careers, they've been covering up this issue for a long time. It's precisely because they've been trying to cover it up that we've seen repeated large-scale lead poisoning incidents in the same area for nearly twenty years. That's why it happened. Even the local hospitals have been brought under their control, right? When they conduct blood lead tests, all the results come out as normal. Right? This is a really strange thing, and that's why it happened. Some people even went to Xi'an, went all the way there and tried to persuade the parents of the victims, saying,'You should hurry back to our local hospital for treatment. This kind of bizarre phenomenon—telling them not to get treated in Xi'an. You should still come back, right? We can offer you a lot of benefits. Think about it, everyone—if the government was n't involved at some level, how could such a phenomenon even happen? Right? So, what I'm saying is, it's precisely because people at the government level are involved that they might be worried about being held accountable. That's why they're deliberately shifting the blame onto these few parties. Maybe these parties did use pigments in their production, right? But these pigments themselves might not necessarily cause lead poisoning. Just like we mentioned earlier, the pigment manufacturer even came out and issued a statement. You can come and test our pigments; our pigments do n't contain lead. So why are you coming out and saying there's lead poisoning? And so on, right? That's the issue here. In other words, if you look back at the tainted milk powder scandal, right? Like the Sanlu milk powder incident, then later there was the issue with chemically mixed cooking oil—using trucks that transported industrial oil to carry edible oil—and now it's lead poisoning, right? Behind every one of these large-scale incidents that seriously harm the lives and health of ordinary people, we always see the same figure, the same dark shadow. In fact, it's always the Chinese Communist government . Without the involvement of the government, things like this would almost be impossible to happen, right? Alright, next we're going to respond to a question from everyone. Alright, let's take a look at this friend here. The first question—this friend is kind of interesting. OK, I need to explain a bit about this friend. He asked,'Why is it that the customer service hotline for Nanmen Youpin is never answered? Uh, I might have forgotten to clarify this for everyone . Actually, the customer service hotline for Nanmen Youpin also has working hours, so after work hours every day— After six o'clock, right? From Monday to Friday, basically after six o'clock, there ’ s usually no one there. So, if you need to call to place an order, it ’ s best to do it during working hours from Monday to Friday. Ah, so normally there should be someone there, right? This issue impact. Next, a friend raised a question. He said,'This viewpoint is incorrect. The Hundred Regiments Offensive was fought by the Eighth Route Army, and the July 7th Incident was fought by the Nationalist Party. The significance of the two is different. Moreover, the Lugou Bridge Incident wasn ’ t actually won, while the Hundred Regiments Offensive was a victory. The Yangquan Hundred Regiments Offensive Memorial Hall is still quite well-known; it ’ s just not as famous as some others, that ’ s all. So, this friend of mine has a different perspective, and I just wanted to share it with everyone. Uh, I think this friend, at least, mentioned that the Hundred Regiments Offensive was fought by the Chinese Communist Party, while the July 7th Incident was fought by the Nationalist Party. So, maybe, uh, Xi Jinping just prefers— favors the former and is n't really, uh, fond of the latter, right? Uh, I think to some extent, what this friend said is actually true. It really is like that. We all know that the Hundred Regiments Offensive was led by Peng Dehuai, right? In fact, Peng Dehuai was later criticized within the Party for launching the Hundred Regiments Offensive, because they said he exposed their strength too early. Uh, of course, we wo n't go off on a tangent about this but I just want to respond to this friend—there is an issue here. Although the July 7th Incident at that time did n't have a direct connection with the Chinese Communist Party right? It was the Nationalist Government, the Kuomintang, who fought it. But there's something to note here—pay attention to the fact that Cai Qi presided over and attended this ceremony. What was it called? It was called the'88th Anniversary Ceremony of the Outbreak of the National War of Resistance. At the same time, there was another event called the 'Exhibition on the Theme of National Liberation and World Peace. Opening ceremony. Held in Beijing. So, what I'm trying to say is, even though we all know that what ’ s being commemorated is the July 7th Incident, the Lugou Bridge Incident, the official name given by the Chinese Communist Party is the 'Commemoration of the Outbreak of the National War of Resistance. Because we all know, and even the CCP itself knows, that during the main period of the war of resistance, it was actually the Nationalist Government fighting. The CCP was basically hiding out in northern Shaanxi, growing and selling opium, that ’ s what they were doing, right? So, they call it the'National War of Resistance,' because back then, even Chiang Kai-shek made it clear, saying that this was a war of resistance for the entire nation. That ’ s why they said,'No matter north or south, no matter old or young, everyone must come together to resist the enemy. That ’ s the idea. So, actually, the CCP is doing this to ... take credit for the War of Resistance, to claim it. Didn ’ t they call themselves the'mainstay' of the resistance? They say they were the backbone. So, they want to fabricate this false history. But actually, the more they do this, the more it shows Xi Jinping should have attended the July 7th Incident commemoration—that would have been right. Because they want to show that they are the backbone, that this is their achievement, and it must be proven by them. Right? Why is that? Well, as we discussed with everyone before—actually, we talked about this in yesterday ’ s program—after Xi Jinping took office, the government has held relatively high-profile commemorations of the July 7th Incident Up until yesterday, including Cai Qi ’ s appearance this time, there have been a total of four such events. Xi Jinping first did this on the 77th anniversary in 2014. They commemorated the July 7th Incident on its 77th anniversary. The event was held at the highest level, with Xi Jinping personally presiding. All members of the Politburo Standing Committee, the seven top leaders, were present. They all attended the event. Later, for the 80th and 85th anniversaries, the 80th anniversary was presided over by Liu Yunshan, and the 85th by Wang Huning. Both of them, like Cai Qi now, are in charge of propaganda, ideology, and party affairs, and so on. So it was the relevant Standing Committee member who presided over the event. That's why I said that yesterday—well, not yesterday, but the day before yesterday, on July 7th— Why was it Cai Qi who presided? That's really strange. Normally, as we all know, Xi Jinping himself presided over the 77th anniversary. Uh, so after the July 7th Incident, the following year it was, um ... That was the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, or the so-called Anti-Fascist War. At that time, Xi Jinping organized the September 3rd military parade—do you remember? The September 3rd parade was the first military parade held after Xi Jinping came to power. Before Xi Jinping, no CCP leader had ever held such a parade. to hold the September 3rd parade. So Xi Jinping was the first to set this precedent. He personally presided over the commemoration of the July 7th Incident, and then he himself went on to hold this large-scale military parade, calling it the Victory of the War of Resistance. So, you see, this is a whole set of actions. Yeah, it's one move, like this year, right? This year is the 88th anniversary, is n't it? A friend reminded me yesterday I got it wrong, right? From the 77th to the 88th anniversary, that's not ten years—it's eleven years. But it just so happens to be a year where the numbers overlap. As we've mentioned before, any year with overlapping numbers is actually more significant for China. So, during this 88th anniversary of the July 7th Incident, in the same year—this year—it ’ s also the 80th anniversary of the victory in the War of Resistance Against Fascism. So for this year ’ s September 3rd military parade, isn ’ t Xi Jinping also going to preside over it? That ’ s exactly why. For this year ’ s military parade, by all accounts, Xi Jinping should also be the one attending this year ’ s commemoration of the July 7th Incident. That would be appropriate. That ’ s what I mean—the level of formality, right? It ’ s especially high. So, from this perspective, of course, well ... Like I mentioned to everyone yesterday, it ’ s not just about the special significance of the anniversary year, but also the high profile of the attendees, right ? That is to say ... Zhang Youxia, with Liu Zhenli already attending, you ’ d think that if— The host is Cai Qi, who ’ s just an ordinary member of the Standing Committee. With Liu Zhenli, a member of the Central Military Commission, representing the military, that should be enough, since that ’ s always been the usual practice. So why did Zhang Youxia go? Under normal circumstances, Zhang Youxia should have gone with Xi Jinping to Shanxi, to Yangquan. That would highlight that Xi Jinping ’ s side is the more important one. Just like this friend mentioned, because the Hundred Regiments Offensive over there was fought by the Communist Party, so that side is more significant. So why didn ’ t Zhang go with Xi Jinping? After all, Xi Jinping is the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, and as the Vice Chairman, Zhang should normally be with him—this is a commemoration of the War of Resistance, after all. Right? It ’ s related to the war, it ’ s related to the military, so he should be over there—that would be the proper place to be. Why did he come over here to attend instead? Right? So actually, from a logical standpoint, from a reasoning perspective, this doesn ’ t really make sense. Ah, anyway, in short, I ’ ll say it again: I ’ m just putting forward some of these ideas, pointing out the things I find strange, the parts that are hard to explain or justify. Ah, this is just for everyone ’ s reference. Of course, I really welcome everyone ’ s opinions—maybe what this friend said is actually correct, right? That ’ s also possible. Anyway, we really welcome everyone to share their own views, let ’ s all have a rational discussion together Alright, that ’ s the end of today ’ s livestream. Anyway, we really welcome everyone to share their own views, let ’ s all have a rational discussion together Alright, that ’ s the end of today ’ s livestream. We ...