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A little girl in Zamfara State is living with the long term effects of lead poisoning including blindness and convulsions. Thousands of children in Zamfara have been lead-poisoned as a result of unsafe artisanal mining practices over the past two years
Olga Overbeek/MSF

  • A little girl in Zamfara State is living with the long term effects of lead poisoning including blindness and convulsions. Thousands of children in Zamfara have been lead-poisoned as a result of unsafe artisanal mining practices over the past two years

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  • Credits Olga Overbeek/MSF
  • Themes Human Rights Health
  • Regions Nigeria

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