Lead poisoning claimants win permission to appeal class action certification against Anglo American
The Zambian class action was filed in South Africa as it would not have been possible in that country
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UN experts can intervene in Kabwe lead poisoning class action, Joburg high court rules
Anglo says any liability for lead contamination in Zambian district ‘rests elsewhere’
Anglo knew for decades about lead poisoning at Zambia mine, lawyers say
The blood lead levels (BLLs) in children living near the world’s biggest lead mine in Zambia have been present for generations and have caused cognitive impairment in a large proportion of the population. People’s blood lead levels in the district of Kabwe are higher than the blood lead levels that have recently led to a […]
Zambia should commit to tackling toxic lead mine’s legacy
Residents of Kabwe have been poisoned for decades and now UN experts have called for an urgent clean-up
Anglo American wins extension to respond to Zambian mine lead poisoning case
Claimants allege corporate human rights abuses that resulted in lead poisoning among children and women in Kabwe
Bid to clean Africa’s most toxic town
A class action is planned to get mines to clear the dangerously high levels of lead in a Zambian town
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Zambia gets $50m to clean up mining pollution
Zambia has secured -million from Western financiers to clean up hazardous waste in copper-mining areas, where 60 000 people are at risk from lead poisoning, industry officials said on Thursday. The World Bank has given Zambia’s Copper Belt Environmental Project a -million loan and a -million grant. It also received -million from the Nordic Development Fund.
