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Tainted capsule drugs burned

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2012-04-28 09:35
Tainted capsule drugs burned

A man pours gas on a pile of confiscated chromium-tainted medicine capsules before setting them alight at a refuse dump in Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, April 27, 2012. More than 50,000 boxes of capsule drugs were burned on the day, following a crackdown on tainted capsules in the region.[Photo/Xinhua]

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A pile of confiscated chromium-tainted medicine capsules are set on fire at a refuse dump in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, April 27. More than 50,000 boxes of capsules were burned on the day. [Photo/Xinhua]

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