16 Worst Places to Raise a Family
| November 16, 2016
La Oroya, Peru
Peru suffers from many of the same problems that other second and third world countries do, such as poverty, poor access to health care and high crime rates; but on top of that, many of the children in the mining town of La Oroya are severely stunted due to heavy lead poisoning in the area. Sadly, 99% of children in La Oroya have unacceptable levels of lead in their blood and steps to remedy this tragic circumstance have yet to be taken.
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