This area is a mining town in the Peruvian Andes which is in the externality filed of a poly-metallic smelter; this smelter has released many toxins polluting the town’s air leaning many families exposed. The plant has been responsible for much of the lead poisoning in the children’s blood with 99% of the children within the town will have high levels of lead poisoning that exceed the usual limits (triple WHO’s limits).
The results of lead poisoning will usually be quite harmful to the mental development of the children; however they are solving these problems with the clean-up of the soil in the surrounding area, the company has promised to redesign their machines and have invested $400 million in pollution controls reducing their emissions.
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