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Repeated mining accounts for the majority of artisanal and small-scale gold mining activity in Southeastern Peru

Environmental Research Letters
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is considered a leading cause of environmental degradation in the Amazon. Previous studies have only used deforestation to quantify total ASGM activity and have not considered that mining may occur multiple ...
Rachel C Engstrand, Jorge Caballero Espejo, Miles R Silman, Gregory P Asner   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of Hair Total Mercury Content as a Biomarker of Methylmercury Exposure to Communities in the Area of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Madre de Dios, Peru. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021
Koenigsmark F, Weinhouse C, Berky AJ, Morales AM, Ortiz EJ, Pierce EM, Pan WK, Hsu-Kim H.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Analysis of the Mercury Distribution in Blood as a Potential Tool for Exposure Assessment - Results from Two Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Areas in Zimbabwe. [PDF]

Biol Trace Elem Res, 2022
Wahl AM, Bose-O'Reilly S, Mambrey V, Rooney JPK, Shoko D, Moyo D, Muteti-Fana S, Steckling-Muschack N, Rakete S.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Isolation and Bioassay of N-fixing Bacteria from Mercury-Contaminated Tailing and Soil of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining

This study aims to isolate Nitrogen-fixing bacteria from tailing and heavy metal (HM) polluted soils and examine their effectiveness as a plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) to increase foxtail millet plant growth. We analyzed artisanal and small-
Dewi, Yeni Wispa, Handayani, Sri, Hindersah, Reginawanti, Suryatmana, Pujawati, Bang, Sunbaek, Risanti, Rara Rahmatika   +5 more
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Pollution and health risk assessment of drinking water sources within artisanal and small-scale gold mining areas: a case of Asankrangwa District in Ghana. [PDF]

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Danso-Boateng E, Adom E, Owusu PA, Kabange RS.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Prevalence and factors associated with substance use among adolescent girls and young women working in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities of Uganda: a cross-sectional exploratory study. [PDF]

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Kwagala B, Wandera SO, Ndugga P, Nankinga O, Lwanga C, Ngabirano F, Kapiriri L.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Total Mercury Weight Exposure Distribution Using Tree Bark Analysis in an Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Area, North Gorontalo Regency, Gorontalo Province, Indonesia. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021
Prasetia H, Sakakibara M, Sera K, Laird JS.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Corrigendum to "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" [Heliyon Volume 8, Issue 11, November 2022, Article e11464]. [PDF]

Heliyon
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

Biomonitoring of Mercury and Lead Levels in the Blood of Children Living near a Tropical River Impacted by Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Colombia. [PDF]

Toxics
Palacios-Valoyes E, Salas-Moreno MH, Marrugo-Negrete JL.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A population-based mercury exposure assessment near an artisanal and small-scale gold mining site in the Peruvian Amazon. [PDF]

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol, 2021
Weinhouse C, Gallis JA, Ortiz E, Berky AJ, Morales AM, Diringer SE, Harrington J, Bullins P, Rogers L, Hare-Grogg J, Hsu-Kim H, Pan WK.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source