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World Bank/Curt Carnemark Environmental pollution and degradation can be linked to a growing list of health conditions such as skin cancer, lung cancer, asthma, lead poisoning, mercury poisoning, malaria, Ebola and Zika.         29 July 2020 Lead poisoning is affecting children on a “massive and previously unknown scale”, according to a ground-breaking new study launched on Thursday by the United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) and international non-profit organization focused on pollution issues, Pure Earth The report, the first of its kind, says that around 1 in 3 children - up to 800 million globally - have blood lead levels at, or above, 5 micrograms per decilitre (µg/dL), the amount at which action is required. Nearly half of these children live in South Asia. Lead has poisoned children on a massive and previously unknown scale. UNICEF and  @PureEarthNow  are calling for urgent action. https://t.co/AisRPt4CsP — UNI