27th July 2010
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By Joe Fay
Posted in Mobile, 27th July 2010 11:41 GMT
Foxconn has been forced to shut down a factory in India after 250 workers were hospitalised after what appears to have been an overzealous bout of pesticide spraying.
According to AFP the firm - famous for building the iPhone as well as a myriad of other gadgets - suspended operations at its Chennai plant yesterday after the workers fell ill.
AFP reports that Foxconn said the workers, who make mobile phone components, had experienced "sensations of giddiness and nausea" which may have been caused by "routine spraying of pesticide".
The spraying itself appears to have taken place last Friday.
A total of 250 workers apparently fell ill - half the factory's complement. Of those, 28 are still in hospital under observation...
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