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Dr Natalie Thurtle @Turtle1doc

Lead Poisoning In Nigeria

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Lovely Colleagues in Australia

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Zamfara, Northern Nigeria

Wikipedia creative commons

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HRW vidHuman Rights Watch. For full video go to http://www.hrw.org/features/a-heavy-price (editing gaffs in this shortened version are mine)

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March 2010

2 yr old boy in status epilepticus.

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Blood lead levels (BLL) 109-370 mcg/dL(very super high)MSF unpublished data April 2010

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Zamfara (initial): 97% >=45 mcg/dLFlint: 5% >5mcg/dLNotes from the Field: Outbreak of Acute Lead Poisoning Among Children Aged