NEW YORK, USA, August 3, 2020,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The report, the first of its kind, says that around 1 in 3 children – up to 800 million globally – have blood lead levels at, or above, 5 micrograms per decilitre (µg/dL), the amount at which action is required. Nearly half of these children live […]
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