Totally Unacceptable – Alarming Levels of Heavy Metals Found in Breast Milk of Nigerian Niger Delta Women
This environmental health disaster calls for urgent attention. Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region is home to vast oil and gas reserves. However, exploring and extracting these resources causes environmental degradation, pollution, and health problems for local communities and ecosystems. A recent study by the University of Port Harcourt researchers found heavy metals, including lead and cadmium, …