Family Gold Mining Poisons Children in Nigeria

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 12:40 in Health & Medicine

Large numbers of infants and toddlers have died from lead poisoning in Nigerian villages where their parents process gold ore inside their family compounds, according to a report published Tuesday by an international team of researchers. [More]

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