The sinister alchemy that puts lead into Zambian children’s veins
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A court appeal with 140,000 claimants heard this week from people living in one of the world’s most polluted towns.

A class action lawsuit was filed against [Anglo American Mining Company] in 2020 at the South African high court to hold the company responsible for the pollution, the effects of which continued long after the mine closed in 1994. Anglo has denied its role and argued that the state-owned company Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines, which took over the mine, is responsible for the ongoing lead pollution.