Thursday, December 6, 2012

Voice of America: Activists Use Facebook to Fight Nigeria Lead Poisoning

Voice of America
Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries
Activists Use Facebook to Fight Nigeria Lead Poisoning
Dec 6th 2012, 15:49

All year long, activists have been making noise about Bagega, a Nigerian village at the epicenter of the worst known lead poisoning outbreak ever.  They want money promised by the Nigerian government so the village can be cleaned up and the children can be treated.  Now, in a last-ditch effort to get the cleanup done before the next rainy season, they've taken to the Internet, trying to build support and put pressure on the president.  You can't post directly on Nigerian ...

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