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11 Okt 2025

Autor:
Olga Manda, Tsolofelo Miladzi, Dialogue Earth

Zambia: Tailing spill from Chinese-invested facilities already creating long-term contamination in local food chain, expert says

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"The communities paying the price for Zambia’s toxic mining disaster", Dialogue Earth, 22 September 2025

[...] climate expert [...] says heavy-metal contamination is likely already affecting the food chain across the Copperbelt region and the Kafue basin.

“There will be heavy metal contamination in the entire ecosystem. Its functioning has been disturbed and badly compromised,” [...].

Levels of heavy metal in local food [...] now exceed World Health Organization limits.

[...] “The food chain is contaminated through the water; heavy metals stay in the environment for a very long time,” [...].

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