I hate when that happens.

Cyanara

i guess they couldn't find an ancient indian burial ground to build over

I mean seriously, who the hell abandons a pool of cyanide?

"China: We build our houses on top of pools of cyanide"

/I would like to apologize to China.

WhackingDay: I mean seriously, who the hell abandons a pool of cyanide?

She just didn't understand my needs.

Given the meteoric and half-assed rise of Chinese industry, I'm thinking there are going to be a lot more stories about this crap.

Welcome to industrial feudalism, China.

1. I can't really think of a worse place to build your house.
2. Nine people died from running into a house where a man died because the poison under the house, killed him.


Maybe we need a China tag, and make it out of lead.

Well, given the people making money out of the mine are probably local Communist officials, I'm sure heads will roll.

/barely contains laughter

Mattels Barbie house comes complete with inground (cyanide) pool...

rofl

TheFallGuy: "China: We build our houses on top of pools of cyanide"

/I would like to apologize to China.

Ooooo, nice one!

carrion_luggage: Cyanara

/groan

Grass Parking Rot.

One day, lad, all this will be yours.

That's amore.

studebaker hoch: That's amore.

Will there be pizza?

Jesus Christ. And the world is worried about U.S environmental infractions why?

And I thought it was just me....

CaptainBurly: WhackingDay: I mean seriously, who the hell abandons a pool of cyanide?

She just didn't understand my needs.

Win.

Housing Manufacturer Blames Design Flaw, Not Cyanide Pool, For Homeowner Death

REUTERS, Sept. 28, 2007 -- The president of Toll Bros. personally apologized to the government of China today

carrion_luggage: Cyanara

Ahhh. So bad it's good.

culturemock: Jesus Christ. And the world is worried about U.S environmental infractions why?

Because we have money credit.

Jesus. They removed the headstones but left the pool of cyanide.

Not impressed.

Soygen: carrion_luggage: Cyanara

Ahhh. So bad it's good.

Too bad it's the wrong language.

Sounds like this could have happened in Victor, NY!

/hooray for groundwater contamination!

If I were to build a house on top of an abandoned pool of cyanide, I would use at least two wooden boards for the floor.

Kinda makes you look like a chump for worrying about radon all these years, eh?

That whole "China will rule the world in 50 years" thing? I'm not as worried as I used to be.

The scary thing is, without the environmental laws conservatives hate so fiercely, we'd be reading stories like this going on in the USA, too.

Thisbymaster Maybe we need a China tag, and make it out of lead.

/This

Retard 1: "Hey guys! This guy died of cyanide poisoning in a house built over that old abandoned cyanide pool! Let's get together and hang out here while we decide what to do with the corpse!"

Group of retards: "OK!"

Darwin: "Have fun."

offacue: If I were to build a house on top of an abandoned pool of cyanide, I would use at least two wooden boards for the floor.

Well, aren't we the big spender.

Is it wrong to LOL at this story?

/I am

You're doing it wrong...

I'm not going to feel sorry for China until they stop trying to poison my child with lead.
Not that they need my pity.

Wow. What a cluster fark.

I live over a pool of cyanide, so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies.

eraser8: Jim Jones must be smiling about this.

That is Reason #1,001 on why not to go to China.

spickus: One day, lad, all this will be yours.

What, the curtains?

for good or for awesome: I'm not going to feel sorry for China until they stop trying to poison my child with lead.
Not that they need my pity.

Maybe I'm a worry wort, but when are we going to find out just how many kids WERE poisoned?

When they try to take their SAT's?

Whose genius idea was it to build a house / shack over a pool of cyanide? That is a whole level of stupid right by itself. Extra stupid is for the friends and neighbours to gather about the body of some dead guy in said house waiting for the inevitable to happen.

impressed...

The scary thing is, without the environmental laws conservatives hate so fiercely, we'd be reading stories like this going on in the USA, too.

It's not the laws conservatives hate. It's the utter lack of enforcement. EPA regulations aren't about protection; they're about programs. How many different little programs can we get businesses and municipalities to put into place? Organizations get so wrapped up in the establishment of the programs and meeting the conditions set down by the programs that the important thing - the protection and enrichment of the environment, is lost in the shuffle.