On April 24, 2014, Greenpeace released a report, pointing out that the heavy metals in the samples of rice, paddy soil and surface water around Hengdong Industrial Park (Dapu piece) in Hengyang City, Hubei Province exceeded the national standard by nearly 21%.

Cadmium in paddy, paddy soil and surface water samples refers to whether it exists in the form of simple substance, molecule, atom, etc. The cadmium here is an element that emphasizes existence, and has nothing to do with specific forms.

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