A dusty street scene in Kabwe, Zambia. The town's dust is still heavily contaminated with lead after nearly 100 years of lead mining and smelting that eventually ceased in 1994.

04/02/2025 April 2, 2025. In one former mining town in Zambia, more than 200,000 children and women have been shown to have elevated levels of lead poisoning.

For years the people of Kabwe were kept in the dark about the environmental mess in which they live and the health problems they suffered. Children. According to environmentalists one of Kabwe's lead ...

In one former mining town in Zambia, more than 200,000 children and women have been shown to have elevated levels of lead poisoning. ... Kabwe — Zambia's toxic town.

Zambia government’s neglect exposing more children to lead poison, HRW says. Report says more than 95 percent of children in the central town of Kabwe had elevated levels of lead in their blood.

In the video, Hon. Phiri, the Member of Parliament for Kabwe Central, urges the government “to find a lasting solution” and “clean up the waste piles at the former mine.” ...

But she cautioned: “Going from Kabwe’s current condition to [a] ‘Green Town’ isn’t the simplest task and I can’t help but wonder what the results will be.” ...

Anglo American denies responsibility. The plaintiffs argue that tens of thousands of people living in Kabwe, a town 150km (95 miles) north of the Zambian capital, Lusaka, have suffered from lead ...

KABWE, Zambia — A court in South Africa last week ruled that U.N. experts can intervene in a class action lawsuit against mining giant Anglo American over lead poisoning in Zambia.

Anglo American To Oppose Any Appeal Relating To Kabwe Claim - Quick Facts April 22, 2024 — 04:13 am EDT Written by RTTNews.com for RTTNews -> ...