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West Africa's toxic problem

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  1. Gioia, R. et al. Environ. Sci. Technol. doi:10.1021/es10525239 (2011).

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Cressey, D. West Africa's toxic problem. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.35

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