Other studies also show high child lead poisoning levels in the state. In 2010, a deadly lead poisoning outbreak was reported in some areas of Zamfara. The state holds many of the gold mining leases in Nigeria. In two of the most affected villages, 25% of children …
DARETA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Lead poisoning caused by illegal gold mining has killed 163 Nigerians, most of them children, in remote villages in the past few months, a …
In 2010, Médecins Sans Frontières discovered a lead poisoning outbreak linked to artisanal gold processing in northwestern Nigeria. The outbreak has killed approximately 400 young children and affected thousands more.|Our aim was to undertake an interdisciplinary geological- and health-science assessment to clarify lead sources and exposure pathways, identify additional …
Table 1: Scope of lead pollution and poisoning in Zamfara as of September, 2010. Heavy Metals Concentration and Environmental Concerns. Lead is one of the naturally occurring non-essential heavy metals in soils. Exposure to lead can be biologically, chemically and physiologically toxic to the human body even at low concentrations [].Exposure to lead is very dangerous, especially for children ...
Artisanal gold mines are found throughout Zamfara State in northwestern Nigeria, and high levels of lead in the earth and the use of rudimentary mining methods have resulted in an epidemic of lead poisoning among children, Human Rights Watch said.Research by Human Rights Watch in Zamfara in late 2011 found that children are exposed to this lead dust when they process ore in the mines…
Primary exposure routes for children and adults were: 2) Consumption of food contaminated by soil and dust sources. 4) Inhalation of contaminated dust. Consequently, an estimated 2500 children accumulated life-threatening levels of lead in their blood, with thousands more at …
A series of lead poisonings in Zamfara State, Nigeria, led to the deaths of at least 163 people between March and June 2010, including 111 children. Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health figures, state the discovery of 355 cases with 46 percent proving fatal. This is one of the many lead poisoning epidemics with low and middle income countries.
Price increases in gold and other metals have caused artisanal mining to burgeon globally, increasing the potential for lead poisoning outbreaks beyond Nigeria. For example, tens of thousands of people have been affected by lead poisoning at Kabwe, Zambia, which resulted from artisanal re-mining of and exposures to wastes from historical lead ...
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…
Children and adults are still routinely exposed to very high levels of lead in developing countries, particularly in regions with a long mining history, such as the Andes. 1-4 This study focuses on Peru, which ranks among the world's top five producers of silver, zinc, lead and copper 5 and has a long and conflict-ridden mining history. 6 ...
A pilot program to introduce safer mining practices in Nigerian gold mining communities has reduced blood lead levels by 32 percent, according to a study published today. This is …
Nigeria's mining sector was engulfed with the outbreak of lead poisoning in 2008 that drew global attention to rescue and remedy the situation as over 600 children lost their lives, and it …
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 ...
Family Gold Mining Poisons Children in Nigeria. ... this is the first documentation of an outbreak of childhood lead poisoning associated with artisanal gold mining," the team, directed by lead ...
Background: In 2010, Médecins Sans Frontières discovered a lead poisoning outbreak linked to artisanal gold processing in northwestern Nigeria. The outbreak has killed approximately 400 young children and affected thousands more. Objectives: Our aim was to undertake an interdisciplinary geological- and health-science assessment to clarify lead sources and exposure pathways, identify ...
Nigeria: Lead poisoning reduced with safer mining practices. ... to report on a successful intervention to reduce lead exposures among artisanal miners in communities where hundreds of children have died as a result of lead poisoning. Lead is present in high concentrations in gold ore. ... In addition to artisanal gold mining, informal lead ...
A gold rush in northern Nigeria risks exposing tens of thousands of children to lead poisoning in what may already be the worst such crisis in history, Medecins Sans Frontieres said. Residents of the northern Zamfara state started artisanal gold-mining in lead-rich ore around 2009 as the price of gold increased.
How gold mining can cause lead poisoning. ... of Zamfara had recorded a lead poisoning prevalence of as high as 92% among children. Nigeria is looking to ramp up gold mining …
At least 28 children under the age of five have been killed by drinking stream water polluted with lead in Nigeria's Niger state, the country's health minister Fidelis Nwankwo unveiled Friday. According to the country's officials illegal gold mining is the main cause of …
11 November 2011 - The mass lead poisoning from mining activities in Zamfara State in Nigeria, which was discovered in March 2010, continues to affect villagers in three Local Government Areas (LGAs): Anka, Bukkuyum and Maru. While the full scale of the problem is still not fully determined, a survey carried out by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) at the request of ...
Gold rush triggers deadly lead poisoning. STORY HIGHLIGHTS. Lead poisoning in northern Nigeria has killed 400 children since March. 30,000 …
In the Nigerian state of Zamfara, a gold boom has led to a medical disaster with more than 400 children dead from lead poisoning and thousands sickened. Jane Cohen of Human Rights Watch tells host Bruce Gellerman why so many children were exposed.
June 27, 2018. 3 min read. The federal government has proffered multi-sectoral partnership as the key to prevent lead poisoning from reoccurring in the county. Lead poisoning in Nigeria was first ...
lead poisoning and gold mining in nigeria's ZamF ara sTaTe ... children to lead poisoning. Zamfara is a mineral-rich ... in an unhealthy environment that exposes children to hazardous substances.
Local artisanal gold mining in Nigeria has been a great environmental concern as a result of mining activities which may lead to the eruption of toxic elements and thus, affecting human health and their environment. In this work, the elemental (232Th, 226Ra, 40K and Cd, Zn, Pb, Cu, Cr) concentrations in the soil samples of Epe Gold mine site are examined utilizing high-purity germanium ...
In April 2015, about 28 innocent children lost their lives to the dreadful lead poisoning related ailments in Niger State, which was linked to the activities of illegal gold miners in the State.
a gold miner in Zamfara state: lead poisoning comes with the illegal mining Independent, small-scale gold miners working in processing plants about 10 minutes from the village by motorcycle, crush rocks to extract flecks of gold, releasing dust laden with lead. Hundreds of children in the region have already died since the mining increased ...
Largest lead poisoning in history from gold miners and mines. Gold mining. In May 2010, public health officials learned that hundreds of children had become sick in Zamfara State northern Nigeria. Reports stated that the children suffered from vomiting, abdominal pain, headaches, and seizures. After becoming ill, 400 of these children had died ...
To our knowledge, this is the first documentation of an outbreak of childhood lead poisoning associated with artisanal gold mining. Twenty-five percent of children < 5 years of age in the two villages died from May 2009 to May 2010, and 97% of surviving children had BLLs that required chelation therapy.
San Francisco, October 21, 2019 - A pilot program to introduce safer mining practices in Nigerian gold mining communities has reduced blood lead …