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Friday, May 15, 2015

Nigeria Children Killed By Lead Poisoning

At least 28 children have been confirmed dead in the outbreak of lead poisoning from what the government calls "illegal mining activities" in central Nigeria's Niger state.





"The lead poisoning was confirmed and it is confirmed that most of the people affected are children below the age of five," Minister of State for Health, Fidelis Nwankwo, said at a news briefing.

"The affected children were found to have high serum lead levels of between 171.5 – 224ug Pb/dl (the normal level is less than 10ug Pb/dl).
He said this level was 17-22 times higher than acceptable limits as established by the World Health Organization.

"The rapid assessment ... revealed that as of May 12, 2015, 65 cases and 28 deaths had occurred, giving a case fatality rate of 43 per cent," Nwankwo said.
"All the 28 cases were children below the age of five," he added, noting that the cases included 17 girls and 11 boys.

Nwankwo went on to say that the poisoning has also had a "serious impact" on livestock in the area, especially cows, goats and chickens.
"The devastating impact of this outbreak is associated with new mining sites, which were found to contain more leaded ores, which are often brought home for crushing and processing," the minister said.

This is the second major lead poisoning outbreak in Nigeria since 2011.






28 comments:

  1. Ooh my.......not innocent kids..........Stella u must enjoy me

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  2. Bad news early this morning, Lord please take absolute control. RIP to all the innocent children




    *Larry was here*

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  3. Nawa o, May God keep protecting us o.


    Aiyah, May their soul RIP, Amen.

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  4. nawaoo may God help us..may thr litle souls rest in peace..

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  5. RIP to the dead...they should look into it...I hope these illegal miners, whoever they are, are brought to book...

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  6. Na wa for this country. Shouldn't there be agencies to monitor these things?? Innocent children are left to die cos of the carelessness and greed of the government.

    God help Nigeria.

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  7. Na wa o.......Lord have mercy.

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  9. Wt. Brought home for crushing & processing? No factory? Far away from homes at that.
    This penny wise pounds foolish must stop.

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  10. They should stop works going on @ the mining site! Y risk d life of innocent children cos of monetary value? Just imagine the age range? God help them!




    One and only sweet Aunty gwegwegwe

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  11. may their departed souls rest in peace









    #GODWIN™

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  12. It's only God that will save us in this country.
    Last month, it was ethanol poisoning, now it's lead poisoning.

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  13. a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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    One poison or the other every fucking day.
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    ***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

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  14. Eeyah. Government should find a solution to this pls.

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  15. Where are we getting it wrong? Lord please help/save us all

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  16. They shud just build mining industries there..
    And leave my "oyel"

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  17. Why are they crushing the lead at home? No factory? So sad. May souls of the dead rest in peace.

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  18. Greed that's d problem. Illegal mining, now children are dying. Rip to all dose that died!

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