In northern Nigeria, we met Amina, a tall, young woman. As she described how three of her children had died, she buried her face in her hands, visibly distraught. Amina’s children were victims of one of the worst lead poisoning incidents in history in Zamfara, northern Nigeria. More than 400 children have died there since 2010, when lead was accidentally released by small-scale gold miners.
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