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
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Project Updates (2021/3/8) DRINK+progress+2020