This city of almost 300,000 people, 80 miles north of Zambia's capital of Lusaka, was identified by a 2022 U.N. report as a "sacrifice zone" — one of the most polluted places on the planet.

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This city of almost 300,000 people, 80 miles north of Zambia's capital of Lusaka, was identified by a 2022 U.N. report as a "sacrifice zone" — one of the most polluted places on ... as a result of ...

(Tommy Trenchard for NPR) Sitting in his garden in Chowa township, one of the most polluted areas in Kabwe ... Thirty years after the mine's closure, the earth remains heavily contaminated ...

The U.N. has identified Kabwe, a city of almost 300,000 people in Zambia, as one of the most polluted places on the ... as a result of being tested against future knowledge and standards unknown ...