Senegal
Politics | Society | Health
Lead intoxication causes Senegal deaths
afrol News, 23 June - A team of international medical experts has linked an "unexplained cluster of deaths" in Senegalese children from Thiaroye, a suburb of the capital Dakar, to the lead intoxication caused by contamination from the informal recycling of lead batteries. Read more
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Tanzania
Science - Education | Health | Environment - Nature
Tanzania vulture deaths may cause epidemic risks
afrol News, 20 June - An increased death rate in vultures in Tanzania could be explained by the unlicensed sale of diclofenac for veterinary use in the East Africa region, causing fatal kidney failure in the birds. Vultures play an important ecological role as scavengers of carcasses and their loss put human health at risk as rats take over their role.
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