The world's most toxic town: the terrible legacy of Zambia's lead mines
by Damian Carrington Environment editor in Kabwe, Zam from on (#2R1YQ)
Almost a century of lead mining and smelting has poisoned generations of children in the Copperbelt town of Kabwe in Zambia
"I'd like to be a doctor," says seven-year-old Martin, sitting quietly in his modest home in Kabwe, Zambia. But the truth is that Martin struggles with his schoolwork, and his dream seems unlikely to become a reality.
Kabwe is the world's most toxic town, according to pollution experts, where mass lead poisoning has almost certainly damaged the brains and other organs of generations of children - and where children continue to be poisoned every day.
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