Who will save Gaza’s children? (The Guardian) – In Gaza there is now no uncontaminated water; of the 40,000 or so newborn babies, at least half are at immediate risk of nitrate poisoning – incidence of “blue baby syndrome”, methaemoglobinaemia, is exceptionally high; an unprecedented number of people have been exposed to nitrate poisoning over 10 years; in some places the nitrate content in water is 300 times World Health Organisation standards; the underground aquifer is stressed to the point of collapse; and sewage and waste water flows into public spaces and the aquifer.
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