Poisonous gas prevents rescue of 17 Chinese miners

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SHANGHAI — Poisonous fumes were preventing efforts to rescue 17 Chinese miners trapped underground for three days, according an official and state media.

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"At the scene, there is still no way for rescue," a Liaoning provincial mine safety official, who declined to be named, told AFP.

"The carbon monoxide level is very high," he said. Carbon monoxide is a poisonous but undetectable gas produced by burning.

The official declined to say when the search might be called off, but he said workers had pumped water underground in an effort to put out a fire in the mine to help rescue efforts.

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China's mines are known for being among the world's most deadly due to lax regulation, corruption and inefficiency, and accidents are common as safety is often neglected by bosses seeking quick profits.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/mitt-romney-chinese-regulators_n_1334799.html

I got the chance after I lost to John McCain last time, to go over to -- that was the good part of losing -- I got to go to the Olympic Games in China. It's pretty impressive over there how quickly they can build things, how productive they are as a society. You should see their airport compared to our airports, their highways, their train systems. They're moving quickly in part because the regulators see their job as encouraging private people*. It's amazing. The head of Coca-Cola said the business environment is friendlier in China than in America. And that's because of the regulators. That's because of government.


*When Romney says "people" who is he talking about? Hint: it's not the miners.

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