Silent Killer: Lead Poisoning in #Nigeria
Channel: BusinessDay NG
Date: 2019-12-04

In March 2010, MSF responded to reports of children dying mysteriously in communities across #Zamfara state, northern Nigeria. About 400 children had died, and thousands were diagnosed with high levels of lead in their blood. It was like a plague 

Due to Unsafe mining practices, artisanal mining villages in Northern Nigeria are exposed to a variety of environmental hazards, the deadly of them being #Leadpoisoning.

The Nigerian government has put reforms in place that range from registering artisanal miners to formalize the sector and opening central buying centres, but these reforms needs to be firmly established.