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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and food security : an ecological perspective [PDF]

, 2016
Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) is one of the emerging economic activities in Uganda and thousands of local communities are involved in the gold rush.
Nabaasa, Herbert
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Knowledge and awareness of health effects related to the use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Suriname

Environment International, 2019
Background: The use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining has negative effects on human health and the environment. In Suriname, the current gold rush resulted in estimated mercury emissions up to 63t per year.
I.B. Ottenbros, R.Z. Boerleider, B. Jubitana, N. Roeleveld, P.T.J. Scheepers   +4 more
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Prenatal arsenic and mercury levels among women practicing geophagy in areas with artisanal and small-scale gold mining activities, Northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 2023
Jovine J, Nyanza EC, Asori M, Thomas DS.
europepmc   +1 more source

Mercury contamination of sediments at Indonesia Ciujung watershed: contribution of artisanal small-scale gold mining

Записки Горного института
Artisanal small-scale gold mining is the largest artificial source of mercury pollution and has been a very common problem recently. This study examined the contribution of Hg release due to artisanal small-scale gold mining in contaminating the sediment
Willy C. Nugraha, Huiho Jeong, Phan Dinh Quang, Randy Novirsa, Tomohiro Komorita, Ishibashi Yasuhiro, Jun Kobayashi, Koji Arizono, Asep Bayu Dani Nandiyanto   +8 more
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Introduction of Mercury-free Gold Extraction Methods to Medium-Scale Miners and Education of Health Care Providers to Reduce the use of Mercury in Sorata, Bolivia

Journal of Health and Pollution, 2015
Background. Artisanal and small-scale miners in Bolivia release on the order of 120 tons of mercury annually. The mercury finds its way to the Amazon with catastrophic consequences for the biosphere. A project aimed at reducing the release of mercury was
Peter W. U. Appel, Astrid Andersen, Leoncio D. Na-Oy, Rudy Onos   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining–driven settlement expansion and socio-environmental pressures in East Cameroon, Sub-Saharan Africa

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Mining activities are important drivers of economic and social development in many rural communities. However, they can also generate significant environmental degradation and social risks. This study examines the socio-environmental pressures associated
Mumbfu Ernestine Mimba, Salomon César Nguemhe Fils, Edith Etakah Bate Tibang, Gisele Emilienne Mbezele Ondoa, Dairou Bachirou, Kevin Ijunghi Ateh   +5 more
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Vers la structuration d’une filière aurifère « durable » ? Etude du cas de la Guyane française

EchoGéo, 2011
The aim of this article is to wonder whether the gold mining sector, in French Guiana, can be in line with the objectives of sustainable development. Actually, this sector is in the grip of difficulties: whereas gold rates are in constant increase, the ...
Jessica Oder
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In Utero Exposure to Metals and Birth Outcomes in an Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Birth Cohort in Madre de Dios, Peru. [PDF]

Environ Health Perspect, 2023
Berky AJ, Weinhouse C, Vissoci J, Rivera N, Ortiz EJ, Navio S, Miranda JJ, Mallipudi A, Fixen E, Hsu-Kim H, Pan WK.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Adverse Health Effects and Mercury Exposure in a Colombian Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Community. [PDF]

Toxics, 2022
Vergara-Murillo F, González-Ospino S, Cepeda-Ortega N, Pomares-Herrera F, Johnson-Restrepo B.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Change in Values of Illegal Miners and Inhabitants and Reduction in Environmental Pollution after the Cessation of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining: A Case of Bunikasih, Indonesia. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2023
Kurniawan IA, Kyaw WT, Abdurrachman M, Kuang X, Sakakibara M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source