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[slidepress gallery=’michaelmullady-childrenoflead’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Michael Mullady Children of Lead play this essay   At an altitude …

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At an altitude slightly above twelve thousand feet, in the Central Andean region of Peru, pollution is a fact of life for the inhabitants of La Oroya. Since 1922, the city of La Oroya has been exposed to toxic emissions released from the Doe Run Peru metal smelting plant.