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Lead poisoning tied to illegal gold mining has killed 163 people, including 111 children, in northern Nigeria over the past five months, a senior health official said on Friday as Associated Press reported.
"We have recorded 163 deaths, including 111 children since January from lead poisoning in Zamfara state as a result of illegal mining," a top epidemiologist in the federal health ministry Henry Akpan told.
He said the epidemic was reported in five villages in two local government areas -- Anka and Bungudu -- the latter close to the state capital of Gusau.
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