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Study shows lead-based paint problem isn't isolated to China

A multinational team of environmental and occupational health researchers has found that consumer paints sold in Nigeria contain dangerously high levels of lead. Increased globalization and outsourcing of manufacturing has drastically increased the likelihood that products with unacceptably high levels of lead are being traded across borders -- including between China and Africa as well into regulated countries like the US.

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