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At least 28 Nigerian children killed by lead poisoning from illegal gold mining

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 15, 2015 | 7:45 am Precious Metals Africa Europe Gold 

[caption id="attachment_824819" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Children work at the gold processing site in Bagega, Nigeria, in 2012 (Courtesy of Olga Overbeek/MSF)[/caption] At least 28 children under the age of five have been killed by drinking stream water polluted with lead in...

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