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U.S. battery firm bars lead at Chinese plant after poison claims
US battery giant Johnson Controls will stop lead processing at a plant in China’s commercial hub Shanghai, the firm said, after the city found high levels of the metal in children living nearby. The Fortune 500 company has denied the plant’s operations caused elevated lead exposure for people living in…
California condor faces ‘epidemic’ of lead poisoning
The endangered California condor faces an “epidemic” of lead poisoning from scavenging carcasses contaminated by lead bullets despite years of costly conservation efforts, scientists said Monday. The rare birds were reduced to a population of just 22 in 1982, and have since recovered to number about 400, with half of…
Wildlife groups sue U.S. over lead bullets
WASHINGTON — Seven US conservation groups on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency, accusing the government of failing to regulate the use of toxic lead bullets in hunting. Lead bullets have been shown to fragment upon impact, leaving bits behind in carcasses that other animals scavenge. The…
China lead pollution poisons 160 children: report
BEIJING (Reuters) – Lead emission from factories and the natural environment in China’s manufacturing heart of Guangdong has poisoned 160 children, Xinhua said on Sunday in the country’s latest case of unfettered industrial toxins. Children from Dongtang town in Renhua country were found to have “elevated” levels of lead in…
Lead poisoning ‘epidemic’ around Nigerian gold mines sickens thousands
LAGOS — A lead poisoning epidemic in Nigeria’s north that has killed 400 children and affected thousands is the worst in modern history, but cleanup has not even begun in many areas, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. “Thousands of children in northern Nigeria need immediate medical treatment and dozens of…
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