Impacts of Trace Metals Pollution of Water, Food Crops, and Ambient Air on Population Health in Zambia and the DR Congo

Figure 2

Stunted crops in gardens and surface and underground water of poor quality due to mine and metallurgical industries waste: interaction with the affected population showing (a) discussion with a concerned member of the community; (b) vegetation dying around a polluted river bank close to a mine site in Lubumbashi in the DRC; (c) stunted maize intercropped with pumpkin vegetables in Luanshya in Zambia; (d) sweetpotato in poor growth in Lubumbashi in the DRC; (e) a young boy fetching contaminated underground water from an open borehole for use at home in Lubumbashi; (f) a closed borehole with a pump for many village residents in Kitwe in Zambia; (g) a woman relying on surface polluted drinking water from a nearby gallery forestry source; and (h) women washing clothes and bathing in a polluted river in Lubumbashi in the DRC.