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  "id": 14676204,
  "title": "Africa: WHO Urges Faster Action to End Lead Exposure Which Kills 3.5 Million Annually",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/africa-who-urges-faster-action-to-end-lead-exposure-which-kills-3-5",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T10:48:40.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202610150335.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "[UN News] Countries must accelerate efforts to prevent lead exposure, which is estimated to cause more than 3.5 million deaths globally each year and affects hundreds of millions of children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.",
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        "title": "Africa: WHO Urges Faster Action to End Lead Exposure Which Kills 3.5 Million Annually",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/africa-who-urges-faster-action-to-end-lead-exposure-which-kills-3-5-14680888",
        "published": "2026-10-15T10:48:40.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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