As Metals Struggle, Lead Is Back in Vogue
As prices for copper, gold and silver have fluctuated, a much quieter debate has been taking place over lead.
Rosalyn Retkwa
May 14, 2013
Lead in raw form sits in a pile at the Doe Run Peru refinery in La Oroya, Peru, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Most of La Oroyas children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrens ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg
Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg
