Battery boom drives Bangladesh lead poisoning epidemic
Mirzapur, Bangladesh (AFP) April 1, 2025 Bangladeshi Junayed Akter is 12 years old but the toxic lead coursing through his veins has left him with the diminutive stature of someone several years younger. Akter is one of 35 million children - around 60 percent of all children in the South Asian nation - who have dangerously high levels of lead exposure. The causes are varied, but his mother blames his maladies on a since-shut
Mirzapur, Bangladesh (AFP) April 1, 2025
Bangladeshi Junayed Akter is 12 years old but the toxic lead coursing through his veins has left him with the diminutive stature of someone several years younger.
Akter is one of 35 million children - around 60 percent of all children in the South Asian nation - who have dangerously high levels of lead exposure.
The causes are varied, but his mother blames his maladies on a since-shut
Bangladeshi Junayed Akter is 12 years old but the toxic lead coursing through his veins has left him with the diminutive stature of someone several years younger.
Akter is one of 35 million children - around 60 percent of all children in the South Asian nation - who have dangerously high levels of lead exposure.
The causes are varied, but his mother blames his maladies on a since-shut What's Your Reaction?
