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Measuring global progress towards a transition away from mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining

, 2013
A sustainable global program to reduce mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) will require the demonstration of credible, continuous progress to secure political support and financing, and ultimately achieve success. Focused progress
Koekkoek, Brenda
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Mercury and artisanal and small-scale gold mining: Review of global use estimates and considerations for promoting mercury-free alternatives. [PDF]

Ambio, 2023
Keane S, Bernaudat L, Davis KJ, Stylo M, Mutemeri N, Singo P, Twala P, Mutemeri I, Nakafeero A, Etui ID.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Mercury Contamination from Dental Amalgam

Journal of Health and Pollution, 2019
Background. Mercury in dental amalgam is a hidden source of global mercury pollution, resulting from the illegal diversion of dental mercury into the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector, to crematoria emissions from the deceased and sewage ...
Anita Vazquez Tibau, Blanche D. Grube
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Emerging mercury and methylmercury contamination from new artisanal and small-scale gold mining along the Nile Valley, Egypt. [PDF]

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2023
Abdelaal A, Sultan M, Abotalib AZ, Bedair M, Krishnamurthy RV, Elhebiry M.   +5 more
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Generalist arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi dominated heavy metal polluted soils at two artisanal and small - scale gold mining sites in southeastern Ecuador. [PDF]

BMC Microbiol, 2023
Suárez JP, Herrera P, Kalinhoff C, Vivanco-Galván O, Thangaswamy S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Lessons learned on managing the interface between large-scale and artisanal and small-scale gold mining

, 2023
The interface between large-scale mining (LSM) and artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is characterized by a diverse set of contexts, practices, and challenges.
Bickham, Edward
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Assessing the knowledge and practices of occupational safety and health in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector of Ghana: A case of obuasi. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2022
Siabi EK, Donkor P, Mensah SK, Dzane RK, Kurantin N, Frimpong K, Siabi SE, Vuu C, van Etten E.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Mercury Pollution from Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Myanmar and Other Southeast Asian Countries. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Soe PS, Kyaw WT, Arizono K, Ishibashi Y, Agusa T.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Perceived impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining practices on water quality and community responsibilities in Songwe district, southern highlands of Tanzania

Discover Water
In artisanal and small-scale mining communities, the use of hazardous chemicals combined with inadequate waste management practices increasingly threatens access to clean and safe water.
Lucy Kassian Msigwa
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Ficus insipida tree rings as biomonitors for gaseous elemental mercury in the artisanal gold mining-impacted Peruvian Amazon

Frontiers in Environmental Science
IntroductionThe primary source of anthropogenic atmospheric mercury (Hg) emissions globally is artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). Estimates of Hg emissions from ASGM are poorly constrained due to a lack of monitoring data and the informal ...
Jacqueline Gerson, Igor Lehnherr, Taylor Luu, Bridget Bergquist, Natalie Szponar, Luis E. Fernandez, Luis E. Fernandez, Luis E. Fernandez, Claudia Vega, Claudia Vega, Trevor J. Porter   +10 more
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