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Nigeria: 'Lead Poison Leaves Over 7,000 Children, Women in Critical Health Condition' [1]

About 7,000 people, mostly women and children, are adversely affected due to lead poison associated with mining activities in gold bearing zone of Nigeria.

Publication Date: 
08/05/2018
All Africa [2]
Tags:
Environment [3], Lead [4], Heavy Metals [5], Health Effects [6], Children [7], Women [8], Mining [9], Gold [10], Nigeria [11], Africa [12]

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