Document #1253424

AFP - Agence France-Presse (Author), published by ReliefWeb

1,500 children in Nigeria village suffer lead-poisoning

Original link (no longer valid) http://reliefweb.int/node/495894

ecoi.net description:
Bajega village and vicinity, Zamfara state: According to aid organisation Doctors without Borders, 1,500 children suffering lead-poisoning can not be treated as long as they are still living in contaminated conditions; contamination caused by unsafe mining
Country:
Nigeria
Sources:
AFP - Agence France-Presse (Author), published by ReliefWeb
Published:
10 May 2012
Original link (no longer valid):
http://reliefweb.int/node/495894
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Document ID:
1253424 (former ID 217234)

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