Environment Africa
HQ 🇿🇲 Zambia · 1 project tracked
The Town Built on Six Million Tonnes of Lead Waste
Waste & Recycling🇿🇲 Zambia
The mine at Kabwe closed in 1994 and was never cleaned up, so children play on tailings and more than nine in ten of them have lead in their blood.
6.4MtonnesLead-bearing waste left at the site
95percentChildren near the former mine with elevated blood lead
1,994yearYear the mine closed without remediation