Children of Lead by Michael Mullady [PICS]


	Children of Lead by Michael Mullady [PICS]

clip-on-tie

10-31-2009 3:58 AM

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peru, pollution, la oroya, toxic emissions, smelting plant, metal, lead, children, sad, fact of life

clip-on-tie says:

Sobering photographs. Terribly sad....Many of the children suffer from bone disabilities due to the lead poisoning.

The slideshow is here with descriptions for each photograph: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2009/10/michael-mullady-children-of-lead/

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10-31-2009 6:37 AM

merrie

What a depressing portrait of the desperate lives of innocent victims of an environmental crises

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