http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Nigeria has provided nearly $3 million in long-delayed financing to clean up part of an area where lead poisoning has killed hundreds of children, Doctors Without Borders said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-nigeria-frees-long-delayed-funds-poison.html Health Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:13:11 EST news278860383 Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Thursday urged Nigeria to release funds promised to clean up an area where lead poison killed hundreds of children, warning that further delays could be "disastrous." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-nigeria-poison-soil-disaster-msf.html Health Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:54:37 EST news272213669 A lead poisoning epidemic in Nigeria's north that has killed 400 children and affected thousands is the worst in modern history, but cleanup has not even begun in many areas, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-nigeria-poisoning-worst-modern-history.html Health Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:57:50 EST news247820239 Illegal gold mining has left at least 2,000 children with lead poisoning in several northern Nigerian villages, where 400 children have already died from contamination, an official said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-poisoning-children-north-nigeria.html Health Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:21:16 EST news239026866 (AP) -- Scientists are warning officials negotiating a global treaty on mercury that banning the deadly chemical completely would be dangerous for public health because of the chemical's use in vaccines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-treaty-mercury-scientists.html Health Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:03:22 EST news238395784