CHENNAI, INDIA – Foxconn halted operations this week at its plant here in response to protests after more than 250 staff became sick and were taken to a local hospital.

Foxconn said it closed the facility to be "checked and cleared by the relevant local authorities."

The firm’s license reportedly has been temporarily revoked, but Foxconn expects to reopen its plant by next week.

According to published reports, the firm believes the incident was caused by pesticide exposure. However, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, responsible for revoking the firm’s license because of negligence, said symptoms were consistent with inhaling a manufacturing cleaning liquid.

A policy analyst noted India’s numerous healthy and safety regulatory laws have not been well implemented.

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