Exposure to lead at Rosh Pinah in the ||Kharas region remains a constant risk for the residents of the town and the employees of the local zinc mine. This was confirmed by Jonathan Guia, the general manager of Rosh Pinah’s Sidadi clinic. In 2023, former minister of mines and energy Tom Alweendo confirmed that test results found lead in the blood of 18 of 30 children living near the zinc mine at the town. Guia says lead exposure is not caused by mining activity only, but also the environment itself, which is lead-rich. He says the risk to exposure is increased due to mining. "There are cases of lead exposure all the time. When the public comes to get tested at the clinic, we pick up these cases. All those statistics being part of the Communicable Diseases Act of Namibia we are reporting on a weekly basis to the Ministry of Health and Social Services – irrespective of the level," Guia says. He says the clinic reports its results to the health ministry every Monday.