作者：冯仍 编辑：李聪玲 责任编辑：罗志飞 鲁慧文
当我在海外读到“甘肃天水红黄蓝幼儿园233名孩子血铅中毒”的新闻时，心像被狠狠锤了一下。我的两个孩子也在上学，一如那群天水的孩子。他们每天背着小书包，唱着儿歌，等着饭点吃点心——而在中国西北的那座城市里，却有233个孩子，在毫无防备的情况下，被自己学校厨房里的一块“彩色糕点”慢慢毒害。
这种事情，我从没想过会发生在一个幼儿园里。可它真真实实发生了，在我曾经生活的那个国家。
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甘肃天水红黄蓝幼儿园233名儿童血铅超标（联合早报）
凤凰网报道：糕点内被加入彩绘颜料，园方涉嫌重大失职
有数据显示：血铅每升高100微克，儿童智商可能下降6.67分，且终身不可逆转。而目前这些孩子的血铅浓度有的已经达到180微克以上。他们开始掉头发、流鼻血、乳牙发黑、呕吐、情绪暴躁——一个个本该健康成长的孩子，被推入了命运的深渊。
我读到有家长说：“孩子吃得越乖，伤得越重。”这句话，让我在深夜泪湿眼眶。
在海外，哪怕一包零食检出重金属，商家都可能面对巨额赔偿甚至被勒令停业。而在天水，这起恶性事件一开始却被“维稳”压制——当地医院出具的检测结果全部“正常”，直到有家长带孩子到西安医院，才东窗事发。
起初大家怀疑是附近的金属冶炼厂排放污染，谁知最终调查显示是校方为了让糕点更“好看”，在孩子的点心中加入了工业彩绘颜料！
这所幼儿园拥有食品经营许可证，厨房自营。换句话说，孩子们吃下毒物，不是因为外卖食品不干净，而是自己学校亲手做的饭有毒，天底下还有比这更可怕的事吗？
据媒体调查，该幼儿园背后实际控制人还拥有另外三家幼儿园。这意味着，这种毒点心，可能正在更多孩子的嘴边流转。
而监管部门呢？年年年检，次次“合格”。可这么多孩子被铅毒侵蚀的身体，难道不比那纸质报告更真实？
这不是简单的食品安全问题，这是制度性病灶的再次爆发。
当家长发现孩子身体异常、亲自送到医院，却得到“没问题”的假报告；当官方媒体对“地方医院掩盖真相”轻描淡写，默契沉默；当社交媒体上相关话题刚出现就被删帖限流……我不禁要问：一个国家，什么时候把“保面子”看得比“救孩子”更重要了？
我身在海外，看得更清楚。在民主制度下，哪怕是一只宠物吃坏了东西，公众都能讨回公道。可在中国，一个孩子中毒，反倒是家长要四处奔波、求医、求曝光、求真相——仿佛是在和整个体制拔河。
很多“小粉红”说，我们这些在海外的华人批评中国，是“抹黑祖国”。可面对这样的新闻，我只想反问：这样的国家，还需要谁去“抹黑”吗？
去年底云南的腐肉事件、上月学校绞肉机的活蛆，现在是点心里的彩色铅毒——三起都发生在孩子身边，半年之内连环爆发。
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马上评丨比食堂绞肉机生蛆更让人担心的是什么
坏人哪国都有，但中国的问题是，坏人坏起来没有底线；而掌权者面对坏事的第一反应，不是纠错，而是遮盖。
作为一个父亲，我无法原谅那些在毒点心上动手脚的人；作为一个中国人，我更无法原谅那些为了“社会稳定”而牺牲真相与孩子健康的人。
我为天水的孩子们祷告，也为他们的父母祈求力量。我不在现场，但我愿在这里发声，为这233个孩子呐喊——他们的遭遇，不该被遗忘，更不该被掩盖。也许我身在海外，但我关心的，仍是中国的孩子、中国的未来。
A Father’s Anguish and Outrage Abroad:In Mourning for the Gansu Lead Poisoning Victims
By Feng Reng | Edited by Li Congling | Chief Editor: Luo Zhifei, Lu Huiwen Translator: Lu Huiwen
When I read the news abroad—“233 children poisoned by lead at a Red Yellow Blue kindergarten in Tianshui, Gansu”—it felt like my heart was struck with a hammer.
My two children go to school too, just like those kids in Tianshui. They carry little backpacks, sing nursery rhymes, and look forward to snacks at lunch.
But in that city in northwestern China, 233 children were slowly poisoned by a “colorful pastry” from their school kitchen—without warning, without protection.
I never imagined such a thing could happen in a kindergarten.
But it did. And it happened in the country I once called home.
Related News:
• 233 Children at Red Yellow Blue Kindergarten in Gansu Suffer from Excessive Blood Lead Levels – Lianhe Zaobao
• Paint Added to Pastries, Major Negligence by Kindergarten Suspected – Ifeng News
Medical studies show: for every 100 μg/L increase in blood lead level, a child’s IQ may drop by 6.67 points—irreversibly.
Some of these children now have levels exceeding 180 μg/L. They’re losing hair, suffering nosebleeds, developing blackened baby teeth, vomiting, and experiencing severe mood swings.
Children who should’ve been growing up healthy are now pushed into the abyss.
One parent said: “The more obedient the child, the more they’ve been hurt.”
That line brought tears to my eyes in the middle of the night.
Here overseas, a single snack with traces of heavy metals could bankrupt a company or shut down operations.
But in Tianshui, the initial response was suppression in the name of “stability.”
Local hospitals declared all tests “normal”—until desperate parents brought their children to hospitals in Xi’an, where the truth was finally revealed.
At first, people suspected nearby metal smelters. But investigations later found that the school itself had added industrial coloring to children’s snacks just to make them look more appealing.
The kindergarten had a valid food service license.
Its kitchen was in-house.
In other words—the poison didn’t come from outside food, but from meals made by the school itself.
Is there anything more terrifying than that?
According to media reports, the person in charge of this kindergarten also controls three other kindergartens.
This means these toxic pastries may be harming even more children.
And what about the regulators?
Year after year of inspections—all “certified.”
Yet here we are with children’s bodies being eaten away by lead.
Isn’t that more real than any piece of paper?
This is not just a food safety incident.
It’s the resurgence of a systemic disease.
When parents discover symptoms, take their kids to the hospital, and receive falsified test results…
When state media brushes over local government cover-ups in silence…
When posts about the tragedy are deleted or suppressed online…
I can’t help but ask:
When did saving face become more important than saving children?
Living overseas, I see things more clearly.
In a democracy, even if a pet gets sick from contaminated food, there will be justice.
But in China, when a child is poisoned, it’s the parents who must run from hospital to hospital, beg for media attention, and fight to uncover the truth—as if they’re in a tug-of-war with the entire state.
Some “little pinks” say that we overseas Chinese are “smearing the motherland” when we criticize China.
But after seeing this news, I ask: does a country like this still need anyone to “smear” it?
Just within the past six months:
• The rotting meat scandal in Yunnan,
• The maggot-infested meat grinder incident at a school cafeteria,
• Now, lead-laced colorful pastries fed to toddlers—
Three tragedies. All affecting children. All within half a year.
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• Disgusting! Rotten Meat in Yunnan Suspected to Reach Dining Tables – Today’s Headlines
• Commentary: What’s Scarier Than Maggots in the School Cafeteria Grinder?
There are bad people in every country.
But in China, when bad people act, there are no limits.
And when those in power see wrongdoing, their first instinct is not to fix it—but to cover it up.
As a father, I cannot forgive those who tampered with poisoned food.
As a Chinese person, I cannot forgive those who chose “social stability” over truth and children’s health.
I pray for the children of Tianshui.
I pray for strength for their parents.
I’m not there in person, but I will speak up from here—for these 233 children.
Their suffering must not be forgotten.
Their pain must not be buried.
I may live overseas, but my concern remains with China’s children—and China’s future.
