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Jan 08, 2016· From 2010 through 2013, integrated health and environmental responses addressed an unprecedented epidemic lead poisoning in Zamfara State, northern Nigeria. Artisanal gold mining caused widespread contamination resulting in the deaths of > 400 children. Socioeconomic, logistic, and security ...
determination of lead (pb) levels in selected mining communities in zamfara state nigeria
An unprecedented lead poisoning epidemic in Zamfara, Nigeria, is the result of artisanal gold mining operations, where families participate in the gold processing.
'The tragedy in Zamfara State is not only a resource curse but a wakeup call,' writes Uche Igwe. Illegal minerals mining in Nigeria's Zamfara State sheds light on the problems posed by extractive industries in developing countries. While the revenue potential is huge, federal oversight has been weak and international support is ambiguous.
Apr 22, 2019· 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, namely, Anka ...
BACKGROUND: During MayJune 2010, a childhood lead poisoning outbreak related to gold ore processing was confirmed in two villages in Zamfara State, Nigeria. During JuneSeptember of that year, villages with suspected or confirmed childhood lead poisoning continued to be identified in .
Largest known outbreak of lead poisoning in history happened in Africa Zamfara State northern Nigeria. Zamfara State is rich in many minerals, including gold and many villagers started mining gold to make money. Children in both villages had dangerous levels of lead in their blood.
Lead poisoning is rarely fatal, but medical workers in Nigeria reported that the lead concentration in the Zamfara State ore is so toxic that in 2010 in villages such as Abare, Dareta, Duza, Sunke, Tungar Daji, Tungar Guru, and Yargalma, the mortality rate was estimated as high as 40 percent among children who showed symptoms of lead poisoning.
Sep 22, 2010· Nigeria gold rush sees 200 children killed in outbreak of lead poisoning. Sadiq Abubakar Sadauki, special assistant to the governor of Zamfara, said during a telephone interview that ore obtained from a village called Sunke, which contained very high levels of lead, had caused most of the fatalities.
Lead poisoning is a problem of great public health concern in Zamfara, owing to its high prevalence, morbidity and mortality. Children are exposed to lead primarily through handtomouth contact or inhalation of lead dust. A main source of lead exposure in Zamfara is the artisanal gold ore mining and processing activities that are widespread in many
MSF is a central player in treating lead poisoning in Zamfara state, and is responding to the acute phase of this emergency. MSF has for the moment controlled mortality, but patients with lead poisoning will require significant longterm treatment and followup. The root cause of the lead poisoning crisis is unsafe mining and ore processing.
Jun 26, 2018· Gov. AbdulAziz Yari of Zamfara State has said that no fewer than 500 children died as a result of lead poisoning in eight villages in 2010, as against 400 reported. Yari made this known during a twoday event on the 2nd International Conference on Lead Poisoning Associated with Artisanal Gold Mining in Nigeria on Tuesday, ...
Jun 22, 2010· Nigeria: Mass lead poisoning from mining activities, Zamfara State. 22 June 2010 A major outbreak of lead toxicity has been observed in northern Nigeria related to the processing of lead rich ore for the extraction of gold. The Zamfara State Ministry of Health reported that there was an ongoing pattern of childhood death and illness occurring in at least six villages in the two Local ...
Miles from the nearest paved road, electrical socket or internet connection, Bagega is in a region of northern Nigeria that is rich with gold, but suffering from what activists call the "worst lead poisoning crisis in recorded history." a gold miner in Zamfara state: lead poisoning comes with the illegal mining
Apr 08, 2019· Veteran Nigerian rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem, has reacted to recent killings of residents in Zamfara State by bandits as well as the Federal Government's suspension of mining activities in the state.
Jan 31, 2012· Thousands of children in northern Nigeria need immediate medical treatment and dozens of villages remain contaminated two years into the worst lead poisoning epidemic in .
Nov 16, 2016· A silent killer: Lead poisoning in Nigeria. While the collaborative efforts of MSF, TerraGraphis International Foundation and Nigerian authorities have contained the outbreaks in Zamfara and Niger State, the problem for the affected communities is not yet resolved. For more than 50 years people mined for gold and other minerals in Niger State.
The other Nigerian states that have gold deposits include Abuja, Abia, Bauchi, Cross River, Edo, Osun, Niger, Sokoto, Kebbi, Oyo State, Kogi, Zamfara, and Kaduna. The Problems of Gold Mining in Nigeria. The major problem in the development of the gold industry is .
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 ...
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