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Chinese Workers – Producing goods for the U.S.

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Preface+ The Project

1.)____What is the worker, who is tethered to the iron rail bed and an oxygen tank dying of?

a.) complication of heart disease c.) a lung disease called silicosis

b.) staph infection d.) tuberculosis

2.)____ Which health problem isn’t discussed?

a.) blood thinning c.) kidney failure

b.) myelodysplastic anemia d.) leukemia

3.)____ How many Chinese workers died in 2005?

a.) 145,000 c.) 230,000

b.) 190,800 d.) 386,645

“Metal in my Lungs”

4.)____ At the factory where they were making Char-Broil grills and gas stoves there weren’t any:

a.) respirator masks c.) ventilation systems

b.) ear plugs d.) of these options!

5.)____ Where is there a factory in the United States- which builds the same thing- in better conditions?

a.) Pasco, Washington c.) Indianapolis, Indiana

b.) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania d.) Columbus, Georgia

Machines that Mutilate

6.)____ Li Xueping lost ______ making metal kitchen and bathroom accessories for American
companies.

a.) a leg c.) an ear

b.) three fingers d.) his big toe

7.)____ How many Chinese workers have lost legs, arms, hands or gingers since 1995?

a.) hundreds c.) thousands

b.) millions d.) billions

8.)____ Yu’s injuries were rated a grade _____. (The least severe…)

a.) 1 c.) seven

b.) four d.) ten

Breathing Toxic Benzene

9.)____ Where is the benzene usually found?


a.) in metal scraps c.) in paint and varnish

b.) in medications d.) in plastics- released when they are melted

10.)____ Myelodysplastic anemia typically progresses to:

a.) leukemia c.) brain cancer

b.) diverticulitis d.) heart failure

Deadly Dust

11.)____ What color was the dust that coated the machines, tables, floors, clothes and food?

a.) green c.) black- thick as night

b.) red d.) yellow

12.____ What were they making that used the cadmium?

a.) batteries c.) canned chicken

b.) paint d.) children’s toys

13.)____ Which battery company was importing batteries from China?

a.) Rayovac c.) Everready

b.) Energizer d.) All of these!

14.)____ What did the factory workers do- that was considered ‘courageous in China’?

a.) went on strike! c.) wrote to newspapers

b.) called in to a national radio show. d.) wrote a letter to the Chinese President!

Who is Responsible?

15.)____ Glenn Sebring says-

a.) it’s up to China- to figure out how to protect factory workers.

b.) the U.S. should step up to the plate and pay a ‘fair wage’ to Chinese factories.

16.)____ Bill Freedman says he travels to China himself- to inspect factories. Up to ___ times a year!

a.) three c.) five

b.) four d.) seven

Afterword:

17.)_____ In order to write this piece, Loretta Tofani visited more than ____ factories.

a.) ten c.) 25

b.) 15 d.) 100

18.)_____ In 1983, Tofani won:

a.) the lottery! c.) the Pulitzer Prize

b.) the Nobel Prize for Literature d.) the Edward R. Murrow Journalism Prize

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