经济学人 | 一座铅矿是如何毁掉一个小镇的

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(本文选自《经济学人》20201212期) 背景介绍： 赞比亚是非洲南部的一个内陆国家，是世界最不发达国家之一。自从1902年英国殖民者在赞比亚发现了产量丰富的铅矿以来，英国的采矿公司便在赞比亚大量开采铅矿。虽然这些铅矿早已关闭，但几十年来，当地居民却一直面临铅中毒的威胁。 Toxic legacies 有毒的遗产 How a lead mine in Zambia has blighted a town 赞比亚的一座铅矿是如何毁掉一个小镇的 Azael tembo takes a seat in the shade of a mango tree outside his house. He kicks up the dust. “It’s affected,” he says, pointing to the plume around his feet. The 67-year-old lives in Kabwe, a town in central Zambia whose history, like that of much of the southern African country, is intertwined with mining.  阿扎尔·坦博坐在家门外一棵芒果树的树荫 ………………………………