The discovery of lead ore at Joplin in 1848 sparked the development of extensive mines throughout the area. As information about the mines was published in newspapers across the nation, speculators ...
Andrea Sartorius received funding from NERC and NRW. Ten days into starting my PhD to research trace metal pollution, I found myself at a beautiful small private farm in rural Wales. A clear stream ...
HIGHLAND — The first year he planted soybeans in the 22-acre field at the edge of town, Kurt Menke noticed something odd: His crop came up healthy, but sometime in June the plants in one section all ...
Artisanal lead mining in Nigeria is responsible for airborne lead exposures that are 10 times the U.S. Permissible Exposure Limit according to a study published today. This is the first study to ...
Gold mining in the United States is heavily concentrated in a handful of states that combine rich geology with decades of ...
To see the toxic legacy of lead mining in the US and understand the complicated task of cleaning it up, all one has to do is look at Richard Rankin’s backyard in Missouri. The septic system of his ...
If you are in need of a lesson on just how much things have changed in the last 60 years, an anecdote from my childhood might suffice. My grandfather was a junk man, augmenting the income from his ...
In a soft, faltering voice, her large brown eyes staring absently ahead, Winfrida Besa repeats "A-B-C-D" over and over as she tries to sing the ABCs. With her thin ...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Wednesday that unveiled harmful mining practices in Zambia, specifically at Kabwe, the capital of Zambia’s Central Province. The report accused the Zambian ...
In the Zambian city of Kabwe, children suffer severe health effects due to lead poisoning because of extreme pollution from the toxic lead waste of a former mine. Zambia’s government is facilitating ...
(Johannesburg, September 4, 2025) – A South African-owned company is providing access to toxic lead-bearing waste in the Zambian city of Kabwe despite immense health risks for local residents, Human ...
Artisanal lead mining in Nigeria is responsible for airborne lead exposures that are 10 times the U.S. Permissible Exposure Limit according to a study published in the Journal of Occupational and ...