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Lydia standing with two of her children, Bush, 4, and Derick, 16, is in her early forties. She has been living for 20 years in a small house a few meters away from the dump site of Dandora in the East of Nairobi city. She has skin problems itching herself often. Her 6 children all caugh a lot but until now have no severe illnesses. The United Nations found that 'a quarter of all diseases affecting mankind are attributable to environmental risks, with children especially vulnerable'. In a report, the UN say the consequences of the exposition to pollution can be seen after some years being in contact with the heavy metals poisoning them.

Lydia standing with two of her children, Bush, 4, and Derick, 16, is in her early forties. She has been living for 20 years in a small house a few meters away from the dump site of Dandora in the East of Nairobi city. She has skin problems itching herself often. Her 6 children all caugh a lot but until now have no severe illnesses. The United Nations found that "a quarter of all diseases affecting mankind are attributable to environmental risks, with children especially vulnerable". In a report, the UN say the consequences of the exposition to pollution can be seen after some years being in contact with the heavy metals poisoning them.

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