Interview: Playing in Poisoned Dust

How did you first become aware of the problem in Kabwe? We learned about it from an environmental group several years ago but became interested in doing our own research after seeing a young person from Kabwe speak at a United Nations event. Lead is in the soil and dust, and children in Kabwe have some of the most severe cases of lead poisoning in the world. About a third of Kabwe includes lead-contaminated neighborhoods that are home to roughly 76,000 people. How do you know that Kabwe has one of the most severe contamination levels in the world? Human Rights Watch isn’t a scientific group, but…

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