BY ELIZABETH GROSSMAN
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Friday, March 23, 2012
How a Gold Mining Boom is Killing the Children of Nigeria
It is a pattern seen in various parts of the world — children being sickened from exposure to lead from mining activities. But the scale of the problem in Nigeria’s gold-mining region of Zamfara is unprecedented: More than 400 children have died and thousands more have been severely poisoned by exposure to lead dust.
BY ELIZABETH GROSSMAN
BY ELIZABETH GROSSMAN
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