One in three children are poisoned by lead that can cause their health irreversible harm, research finds.
One in three children could have been exposed to poisonous lead, potentially causing irreversible harm, research into the global risk of exposure has found.
Unicef and Pure Earth estimate around 800 million children might be affected, with most in low and middle-income countries.Poorly recycled lead batteries, e-waste, mining and paints are the main sources of poisoning, the report says.The report's authors say their findings were mainly based on data from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, which obtained results of blood tests on tens of thousands of children across the globe.
About 85% of all the lead used in the world goes to produce lead-acid batteries, and the vast majority comes from recycled car batteries. "As a result, as much as half of the used lead-acid batteries end up in the informal economy," the report says. "Unregulated and often illegal recycling operations break open battery cases, spilling acid and lead dust onto the ground, and [there is] smelt lead in open-air furnaces that spew toxic fumes and dust that contaminate surrounding neighbourhoods."
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