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REPORTS FROM SRADEV NIGERIA
BLOOD LEAD LEAD REPORT
In Nigeria, over 110,000 tons of used lead-acid batteries (ULAB) is generated in Nigeria annually from automotive batteries and alternative energy battery systems according to Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of Nigeria (REDIN). These ULABs are not normally managed in an environmentally sound way. The country does not have a regulatory policy framework to controls the entire management process including, transportation, storage, recycling, processing and exportation of used lead acid batteries 2. The unsound management practice is becoming a concern to the environment and population health following the devastating occurrence of lead poisoning incidences in Zamfara and Niger states.
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DENTAL AMALGAM COMPENDIUM
Dental amalgam is a tooth filling material that is approximately 50{ada252c2d70fd1d60608001fdf5773fc454367e8353fbe52aeedfff079685f3e} mercury, a highly polluting neurotoxin. Nations around the world are working to phase-down – and ultimately phase-out – amalgam use. This is chiefly due to the fact that dental mercury pollution is significant, mercury-free dental restorations are available and the fact that the Minamata Convention on Mercury requires the phase-down of dental amalgam use. Similarly, the West African Summit on Phasing out Amalgam was held in Abuja, Nigeria on 20th May 2014, bringing together NGO leaders from ECOWAS nations of Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Tanzania etc who adopted the Abuja Declaration for Mercury-Free Dentistry for Africa. The Declaration’s aim is that Africa shall be the first continent to phase out amalgam.
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LEAD ACID RECYCLING PROJECT IN NIGERIA
Lead batteries are one of the most recycled products in the world and if they are processed at environmentally-sound recycling plants can transform the industry to become an exemplary sustainable enterprise. Lead battery manufacturing consumes more than 80 percent of global lead production and is growing rapidly along with the demand for vehicles, backup power for cell phone transmissions, computer server farms, uninterrupted power supplies (UPS), storage for solar and wind energy, and other applications.
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