Decades of lead mining by Anglo-Americans left the Kabwe community in Zambia gasping for breath, literally and figuratively. The land is choked with lead dust, the air thick with its invisible menace. But amid the devastation, a fight for justice, environmental remediation, and a greener future is taking root, writes allAfrica's Melody Chironda.
Decades of lead mining by Anglo-Americans left the Kabwe community in Zambia gasping for breath, literally and figuratively. The land is choked with lead dust, the air thick with its invisible menace. But amid the devastation, a fight for justice, environmental remediation, and a greener future is taking root, writes
Natalie Chilikwela is done with talking. The 18-year-old has experienced the harmful impacts of toxic lead contamination in her hometown of Kabwe her whole life and has listened to… A class action lawsuit targeting mining giant Anglo American over health problems allegedly caused by lead mines in central Zambia will hear who can participate in the case in ..., representing a diversity of positions on every topic.
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