Africa: Lead Exposure Is Poisoning the Future of Our Children

press release

As Miremba enters her classroom in the morning, little does she know that the walls of the one place that should help her secure a better future are, in fact, poisoning it. As she playfully chips the hallway paint before going into class, she exposes herself, and her fellow schoolmates, to the irreversible toxic effects of lead.

Years after lead in paint and petrol was banned in many parts of world, this toxic, heavy metal continues to pose a threat to people's health as well as the environment - particularly in developing countries, where the major source of lead exposure to children is from paint.

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