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Default African Gold Rush Kills Children

African Gold Rush Kills Children as Miners Discover Lead Dust

Villagers in Nigeria raced to pulverize gold-bearing rocks with grain
grinders, then washed the dust at communal wells, setting off the
world's worst modern lead-poisoning crisis

(Bloomberg) — Gold fever brought death to Umoru Musa's nine-family
compound in Sunke, a mud-brick village in northern Nigeria.

Five of the 25 children, including Musa's 1-year-old daughter Nafisa,
lost their lives in May after villagers ground ore from nearby hills
they didn't know were also loaded with lead. Rising prices for gold
promised a windfall. Instead, they helped unleash the deadliest
lead-poisoning crisis in modern medical history.

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http://www.businessweek.com/investor...220_698752.htm
Is Africa just cursed or what?
Dave
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