Implementation and Effectiveness Verification of Risk-based Control Approaches for Lead Contaminated Environment and Lead Poisoning in Zambian Mining District

Principal Investigator (Affiliation)	Prof. ISHIZUKA Mayumi Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
Co-investigator	Assistant Prof. NAKAYAMA Shouta Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University Postdoctoral Fellow NAKATA Hokuto Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University Associate Prof. UCHIDA Yoshitaka Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University Prof. IGARASHI Toshifumi Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University Prof. SATO Tsutomu Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University Associate Prof. ITO Mayumi Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University
Research Participant	Associate Prof. HIWATARI Masato Faculty of Economics and Business, Hokkaido University Associate Prof. NARITA Daiju Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Tokyo University Prof. YOSHIDA Takahiko School of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University
International Coordinator	Prof. ISHIZUKA Mayumi Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University Assistant Prof. NAKAYAMA Shouta Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
Research Institutions in Japan	Hokkaido University
Cooperating Organization in Japan	Mitsubishi Materials Techno Co. / Japan Space Systems
Partner Country	Republic of Zambia
Research Institutions in Zambia
Cooperating Organization in Zambia	University of Zambia, Ministry of Higher Education / Ministry of Health / Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development / Zambia Environmental Management Agency
Support Organization
General Description of the Research Project	This study targets lead (Pb) contamination in the Kabwe mining area in the Republic of Zambia. In the preceding SATREPS project, we have developed new methods for assessing the health and socio-economic impacts of environmental pollution and on-demand environmental remediation. In this study, the following three groups will practice these methods on a risk basis. 1) long-term ecosystem restoration and soil conservation, improved edible plant growth, large-scale deployment of an online weather data management system, and establishment of a green park; 2) prospective cohort studies and clinical symptom assessments, and economic rationale and justification for treatment and environmental remediation; 3) assessment of the impact of surrounding residential areas by estimating Pb diffusion routes from mine dump sites, and proposing economically rational remediation methods, as well as deployment of environmental remediation in collaboration with the World Bank project. We aim to make the project self-sustaining after the research period and to solve the environmental pollution issue by promoting cooperation with local administrative agencies and utilizing the laboratory at the University of Zambia.
Links	Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University The Uchida Lab Hokkaido University SATREPS Project JICA　ODA見える化サイト
Project Updates	(2021/3/8) DRINK+progress+2020