Why Afghans are being slowly poisoned by their evening meal
Afghanistan has one of the world’s highest rates of lead exposure and a mounting body of evidence suggests cookware could be to blame
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Afghanistan has one of the world’s highest rates of lead exposure and a mounting body of evidence suggests cookware could be to blame