Lead poisoning in Nigeria’s gold mines

AFP English 2010-07-01

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More that one hundred children have died from lead poisoning in Zamfara in the north of Nigeria these last months, an unprecedented tragedy according to experts. These accidental poisonings took place when in the village cetner, villagers whose principal economic activity is mining extracted gold from boulders rich in lead, releasing deadly particles into the air. Duration: 01:58

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