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Evaluation of Ambient Air Particulate Matter, Urine Arsenic Levels and the Effect on Residents Health in an Artisanal Mining Community and an Incorporated Mining Community in Ghana From April 2024 to July 2024: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aim Over 200 million people in developing and industrialized countries are exposed to arsenic poisoning. Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) constitutes a significant air contaminant, especially in urban and industrial suburbs.
Assan NA, Nyarko ENY, Kumi J, Ofori EK, Dayie AD, Doodo DND, Sunu MS, Issahaku A, Lawer IK, Obirikorang C, Asare-Anane H.   +10 more
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Identification of Response Options to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in Ghana via the Delphi Process. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2015
The Delphi technique is a means of facilitating discussion among experts in order to develop consensus, and can be used for policy formulation. This article describes a modified Delphi approach in which 27 multi-disciplinary academics and 22 stakeholders from Ghana and North America were polled about ways to address negative effects of small-scale ...
Basu A, Phipps S, Long R, Essegbey G, Basu N.   +4 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Recovering lost gold with improved efficiency, productivity and environmental impacts in Kenya [PDF]

, 2021
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a subsistence level livelihood for many rural communities across the world. In Kenya, it provides work for an estimated 40,000 people and produces 5 metric tons of gold per year (Barreto et al.
Bide, Tom, Odhiambo, Cavince, Mitchell, Clive   +2 more
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Estimation of Mercury Losses and Gold Production by Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) [PDF]

Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, 2021
Abstract Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) utilizes mercury (Hg) for the extraction of gold (Au) and is responsible for the largest anthropogenic source of emissions and releases of Hg to the environment. Previous estimates of Hg use in ASGM have varied widely.
Akihiro Yoshimura, Koyo Suemasu, Marcello M. Veiga   +2 more
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Comprehensive Assessment of Mercury Contamination and Health Risks from Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in Sukabumi, Indonesia

Earth
Mercury (Hg) pollution from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a global environmental and public health concern. In Indonesia, ASGM remains widespread, yet assessments of multimedia contamination and health risks are limited.
Margaret Boohene, Yasumi Anan, Efadeswarni, Fuzi Suciati, Tetsuro Agusa, Rendi Handika, Fitri Yola Amandita, Yasuhiro Ishibashi, Agus Sudaryanto, Jeffrey Stewart Morrow, Susi Sulistia, Tia Agustiani, Jun Kobayashi, Patrick Adu Poku   +13 more
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Perceptions and realities of mercury contamination in a Peruvian artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) community

Environmental Research, 2022
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the leading global source of mercury pollution. Efforts to reduce or eliminate mercury use in ASGM have produced limited results, in part because they do not engage the complex socio-technical nature of mercury issues in ASGM.
Rolando Quispe Aquino, Aaron Malone, Nicole M. Smith, Fredy Fortunato García Zúñiga   +3 more
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Monitoring Coexisting Rapid Small-Scale and Large-Scale Gold Mining Developments Using Planet Smallsats Constellations

Mining, 2022
Gold mining is a significant strategic sector for local, regional, and national economies. The rapid development of coexisting camp-type artisanal and small-scale gold mining (C-ASGM) and large-scale mining (LSM) accelerates the environmental and health ...
Satomi Kimijima, Masahiko Nagai, Masayuki Sakakibara   +2 more
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Transforming matters. Sustaining gold lifeways in artisanal and small-scale mining [PDF]

, 2021
Growth strategies in mining regions promote gold extraction based on industrial mining, associating Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) with persistent informality.
da Costa Ferreira, Lúcia, Sabine Luning, Cristiano Lanzano, Mello, J.P., de Balme, L. A., Pijpers, R.J., Lanzano, Cristiano, Araujo, Carlos HX,, Twongyirwe, R., Tuhumwire, Margaret,, Ronald Twongyirwe, Janu('(a))ria Pereira Mello, van de Camp, E., Theije, M. de, Mello, Januária Pereira, Ouedraogo, A., Obodai Provençal, Nii, Resenda de Moraes, R., van de Camp, Esther,, Tuhumwire, Margaret, Tomi, G. de, da Costa Ferreira, Lúcia,, D'Angelo, Lorenzo,, Obodai Provençal, N., Sawadogo, C., Jorge Calvimontes, Pijpers, Robert J.,, Fisher, E., Tuhumwire, M., Massaro, Luciana, Resende de Moraes, Raíssa,, Resende de Moraes, R., Araujo, Carlos HX, Calvimontes, Jorge,, Twongyirwe, Ronald, Eleanor Fisher, Luning, S., D'Angelo, Lorenzo, Nii Obodai Proven(c(c))al, Giorgio de Tomi, Araujo, C.H., Fisher, Eleanor, Arnaldi de Balme, Luigi, Arnaldi di Balme, Luigi,, Ouédraogo, Alizèta,, Ferreira, Lucia da Costa, L('(u))cia da Costa Ferreira, Christophe Sawadogo, de Tomi, Giorgio,, Provencal, Nii Obodai, Araujo, C.H.X., Mello, Januária Pereira,, D’Angelo, L., Sawadogo, Christophe,, de Moraes, Raissa Resende, Carlos HX Araujo, Sawadogo, Christophe, de Theije, Marjo, Lanzano, Cristiano,, da Costa Ferreira, L., Esther van de Camp, de Tomi, Giorgio, Resende de Moraes, Raíssa, Massaro, L., Aliz(`(e))ta Ou('(e))draogo, Luigi Arnaldi de Balme, de Theije, Marjo,, Massaro, Luciana; id_orcid, Robert J Pijpers, Calvimontes, Jorge, Luning, Sabine, Ouédraogo, Alizèta, Perreira Mello, J., Camp, E. van de, Luning, Sabine,, Margaret Tuhumwire, de Theije, M., Luciana Massaro, Obodai Provencal, Nii,, D’Angelo, Lorenzo., Lorenzo D'Angelo, de Balme, Luigi Arnaldi, Lanzano, C., Arnaldi Di Balme, L., de Theije, Marjo; id_orcid, de Tomi, T., Costa Ferreira, L. da, Marjo de Theije, Pijpers, Robert J., van de Camp, Esther, Ra('(i))ssa Resende de Moraes, Fisher, Eleanor,, Calvimontes, J., Massaro, Luciana,, Twongyirwe, Ronald,   +94 more
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Does formalization make a difference in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)? Insights from the Philippines

The Extractive Industries and Society, 2022
Abstract: Policy-makers have looked at formalization as a critical step towards resolving the social and environmental challenges associated with informal gold mining. In contrast with informal gold mines, formal mines are believed to minimize miners' negative impact on the environment, and to offer better working conditions.
Maria Eugenia Robles, Boris Verbrugge, Sara Geenen   +2 more
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Gold Mining in the Amazon Region of Ecuador: History and a Review of Its Socio-Environmental Impacts

Land, 2022
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) and large-scale mining in the Ecuadorian Amazon region is potentially harmful to nature, and its impacts are associated with environmental degradation and deterioration of people’s health.
Carlos Mestanza-Ramón, Jefferson Cuenca-Cumbicus, Giovanni D’Orio, Jeniffer Flores-Toala, Susana Segovia-Cáceres, Amanda Bonilla-Bonilla, Salvatore Straface   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source