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July 06, 2010

Nigeria 2010 © Olga Overbeek/MSF

In an area of northwest Nigeria, gold-mining means extremely high levels of lead-poisoning and the deaths of children. MSF treats patients for lead-poisoning for the first time in the organization's history. 

Additional music: "Love Theme" © David Merson Hess
 

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