Why WORST Pharaohs, Jews and Roman Empire Egypt has the sixth largest population of lead-poisoned children, highest in industrial areas, followed by urban, then suburban.

Egypt: Protection of Women and Children from Impacts of Lead Poisoning

Date started March 2024
Funders Strategic Policy Fund of Pure Earth
Project Partners CEOSS

Background
Recent analyses suggest that Egypt has an extremely high prevalence of childhood lead poisoning. Estimates from the largest global epidemiological analysis (the Global Burden of Disease study conducted  by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation) suggest that 25 million Egyptian children have a blood lead level (BLL) above 5 micrograms per deciliter (μg/dL), a level that the World Health Organization  recognizes as causing permanent brain damage and uses as a threshold to recommend intervention. The study suggests that Egypt has the sixth largest population of lead-poisoned children, with an average childhood BLL of 6.64 μg/dL. However, a 2021 analysis of 11 prior studies suggests an average of 8.24 μg/dL, while a 2016 analysis of 400 children in Cairo found an average BLL of 10.7 μg/dL. Childhood BLLs are highest in industrial areas, followed by urban, then suburban.

https://www.pureearth.org/project/egypt-blood-lead-levels/