CHAN:
Over a hundred people in two villages of China's Guangxi province have fallen ill after drinking water containing dangerous levels of arsenic, according to China's state-run Xinhua News Agency.

Xinhua says 136 people are showing signs of arsenic poisoning, including vomiting, facial swelling and blurred eyesight, and urine tests are displaying unusually high amounts of arsenic. The drinking water contamination seems to have come from a nearby metallurgy company that disposed of waste improperly.

So far no deaths have been officially reported, but China's state-run media has been known to under-report disasters and cover up death tolls. The information has so far not been verified by independent sources.