West Africa: Lead Found in Rural Drinking Water Supplies in West Africa

11 May 2021
University of Leeds

Scientists are warning that drinking water supplies in parts of rural West Africa are being contaminated b y lead- containing  mater ials used  in  small community water systems such as boreholes with handpumps and public taps.

They  analysed   scrapings taken from the plumbing of 61 community water supply systems in Ghana, Mali, and Niger. Eighty percent of the tested systems had at least one component that contained le ad  in excess of international guidance.

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