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Publikováno v:
Annals of Global Health, Vol 88, Iss 1 (2022)
Background: The 2010 lead poisoning outbreak that claimed the lives of more than 400 children in artisanal gold mining villages in Zamfara, Nigeria is the tragic result of high gold prices, a geologic anomaly, and processing of ores in residential ar
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https://doaj.org/article/fc2712111a7a4029abf8354f1d72248d
Autor:
Sandra Spearman, Casey Bartrem, Ainash Sharshenova, Kasiet Salymbekova, Makhmud Isirailov, Saparbai Gaynazarov, Roman Gilmanov, Ian von Lindern, Margrit von Braun, Gregory Möller
Publikováno v:
Applied Sciences; Volume 12; Issue 4; Pages: 1943
Khaidarkan, Batken Province, Kyrgyzstan is home to one of the world’s largest and last primary mercury mines. Doctors without Borders (MSF) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Kyrgyzstan have found that the Batken region has an elevated rate of non
Autor:
Ian von Lindern, Douglas Lind, Simba Tirima, Shehu Mohammed Anka, Casey Bartrem, Margrit von Braun, Aishat Abdullahi
Publikováno v:
Environmental Health Perspectives
Background: 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
Publikováno v:
Environmental research. 165
Autor:
Douglas Lind, Margrit von Braun, Aishat Abdullahi, Shehu Mohamed Anka, Ian von Lindern, Simba Tirima, Casey Bartrem
Publikováno v:
Journal of environmental sciences (China). 67
In 2010, an estimated 400 to 500 children died of acute lead poisoning associated with artisanal gold mining in Zamfara, Nigeria. Processing of gold ores containing up to 10% lead within residential compounds put residents, especially children, at th
Autor:
Heather A. Lowers, Mary Jean Brown, Harland L. Goldstein, Ian von Lindern, William M. Benzel, Simba Tirima, Behrooz Behbod, Carrie Dooyema, Ruth E. Wolf, Casey Bartrem, Cyrus J. Berry, Antonio Neri, Monique Adams, Philip L. Hageman, Rhonda L. Driscoll, Gregory P. Meeker, Gregory L. Fernette, James T. Durant, James G. Crock, Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Suzette A. Morman
Publikováno v:
Environmental Health Perspectives
Background: In 2010, Médecins Sans Frontières discovered a lead poisoning outbreak linked to artisanal gold processing in northwestern Nigeria. The outbreak has killed approximately 400 young children and affected thousands more. Objectives: Our ai
Publikováno v:
European Journal of Public Health. 25
Publikováno v:
Environmental Health Perspectives
Background: Soil/dust ingestion rates are important variables in assessing children’s health risks in contaminated environments. Current estimates are based largely on soil tracer methodology, which is limited by analytical uncertainty, small sampl
Publikováno v:
Science of The Total Environment. 303:59-78
Lead in house dust has long been recognized as a principal source of excess lead absorption among children at the Bunker Hill Superfund Site (BHSS) in northern Idaho. House dust lead concentration from homeowner's vacuum cleaner bags has been monitor
Publikováno v:
Science of The Total Environment. 303:139-170
The 21 square mile Bunker Hill Superfund Site in northern Idaho includes several thousand acres of contaminated hillsides and floodplain, a 365-acre abandoned lead/zinc smelter and is home to more than 7000 people in 5 residential communities. Childh