Nigeria Poison Gold

This one-year-old child began convulsing in late August. His father traveled six hours on a motorcycle to the nearest hospital. Aid workers say as long he lives in Bagega, a village contaminated by lead, the baby cannot be cured. (H. Murdock for VOA)

Nhân viên y tế tìm kiếm người sống sót sau cuộc không kích của chính phủ vào quận Tariq al-Bab thuộc thành phố Aleppo, miền bắc Syria.

At this mining site, a particularly large chuck of rock containing gold is hauled out of the pits. (H. Murdock for VOA)

Dr. Paul Eze says infected children in Zamfara have extremely high levels of lead in their blood and some are left crippled for life. Human Rights Watch says at least 400 children under 5 have been killed since the outbreak began. (H. Murdock for VOA)

Without running water at the mining sites, many miners wear their dusty clothes home, inadvertantly exposing their children to lead poison. (H. Murdock for VOA)