fre 10 maj 2024, 19:17#843688
BYD is backed by US billionaire Warren Buffett, with Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company indirectly owning a 7.7% stake in the Chinese automaker as of late April.
Residents near the BYD factory in Yuhua District in Changsha had complained over the past month about a pungent smell coming from the site, saying the smell is so strong at night that it wakes people up, according to a report by the Chinese magazine China Philanthropist on Saturday.
About half of students from a class in a nearby primary school claim to have suffered nosebleeds within the past two months, adults have experienced nausea and persistent coughs, and residents who purchased testing devices detected indoor total volatile organic compounds (TVOCs) values that surpassed safety standards, the report said.
Last Friday, residents from several communities gathered at the entrances to the BYD factory to stage a protest.
But BYD insisted that the factory complies with China’s emission standards, saying on the Twitter-like Weibo platform on Saturday that it would seek legal actions against people who spread rumours that emissions from the factory had caused nosebleeds.
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