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Currently, 90 parts per million (ppm) lead is being used in paint in Bangladesh; Photo: Courtesy

Environmental activists demand emergency regulations to ban lead-based paints in Bangladesh

They highlighted harmful effects of lead pollution through banners, placards, festoons, etc., at a human chain formed to mark the 8th International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

Photo: Collected

Lead poisoning affects one in three children worldwide, study finds

Logo of Unicef / Courtesy

Over 35.53 million children in Bangladesh exposed to lead poisoning: Unicef

Hundreds of “clandestine” and illegal battery recycling plants have mushroomed in remote villages of Bera upazila in Pabna, posing a grave threat to the environment and the public health. Here, a young man carries a sack full of dangerous metal – lead – without any safety measures. Photo: TBS

Recycling death, as heavy as lead