But a recent visitor found children still playing in the streets of one village literally in the shadow of a privately-owned lead smelter that nightly belches plumes of dark smoke.

不过，最近的一位访者却发现，在一个直接笼罩在一家私营铅冶炼厂下的村庄里，孩子们仍然在街上玩耍。这家冶炼厂每天夜里都冒着一股股黑烟。

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SMELTER: Some 3.8 million metric tons of lead are produced annually by separating it from mined ore using high heat.

熔炉：每年约有380万公吨的铅是通过高温加热矿石的方法分离制造出来的。

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Local officials have promised that the smelter, which produces lead and zinc, will not reopen until it meets pollution standards.

当地官方承诺，排放铅和锌的该冶炼厂在达到污染排放标准之前不会重新开工。

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But, even in an era of sophisticated forensic science, definitive evidence can be elusive: in one case, the Serbs burned hundreds of corpses in a lead smelter.

NEWYORKER: Bring Up the Bodies

Ever since their homes were destroyed during the war six years ago, more than 500 Roma (Gypsies) have been living in makeshift camps set up by the UN next to a disused - but contaminated - lead smelter in Mitrovica, northern Kosovo.

BBC: NEWS | Europe | Toxic camp angers Kosovo Roma