Zambia: Government Stalling on Lead Cleanup Plan

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Zambia: Government Stalling on Lead Cleanup Plan

Click to expand Image View of a former mine pit, now flooded, at the old mine site in Kabwe. In the foreground is an area where small-scale miners still work today. 2019 Diane McCarthy for Human Rights Watch (Lusaka) - Zambia's government is delaying urgently needed action to clean up severe lead contamination in the city of Kabwe, the Alliance for Lead-Free Kabwe, a coalition of Zambian and international civil society organizations, said today.