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> heavy metals that can increase risks of cancer and heart disease

I’d say this is the least of Haiti’s problems right now, as virtually nobody there is expected to live long enough to develop any cancer or long-term heart disease.

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A quick Google search indicates that life expectancy in Haiti is ~64 years. This is obviously inconsistent with what you're claiming.

I doubt those numbers incorporate the chaos over the past few years, and I don't know that they'll be updated given the state of the government.

That’s life expectancy at birth (which is still 30th worst in the world), and it doesn’t incorporate getting shot in a random act of gang violence at the old age of 17.

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