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Lead Poses Risks to Children, Pregnant Women

Countries should boost efforts to eliminate lead paint, a major toxin for young children which causes some 600,000 new cases of intellectual disabilities each year, the UN says.
Marcus Bleasdale/Human Rights Watch

Amina Murtala, a Bagega resident, told Human Rights Watch that three of her six children died from lead poisoning.

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