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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damien Gayle Environment correspondent

Millions suffering in deadly pollution ‘sacrifice zones’, warns UN expert

Kabwe in Zambia
Kabwe in Zambia, one of the toxic ‘sacrifice zones’ cited by the UN, where 95% of children have elevated levels of lead in their blood. Photograph: Larry C Price/Larry C. Price

A UN expert has warned of the creation of pollution “sacrifice zones” across the world, where tens of millions of people are suffering strokes, cancers, respiratory problems and heart disease as a result of toxic contamination of the environment.

“There are sacrifice zones all over the world, in every region: in the north, in the south, in the east, in the west, in rich countries, in poor countries,” David Boyd told the Guardian.

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