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Contamination status and toxicity risk assessment of selected potentially toxic elements in surface soils under the influence of different land uses in Midwestern Burkina Faso, West Africa

Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals
Background: As land use transitions from rain-fed farming to market gardening and artisanal gold mining in Burkina Faso, soil contamination with potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has become a major environmental concern.
Michel Bembamba, Aboubakar Sako
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Women participation in artisanal gold mining: A case of macalder mines, Kenya

Journal of Environmental Sciences and Technology (JEST), 2023
The aim of the study is to determine women's participation in artisanal gold mining in Macalder mines in Migori County, which is found in Southwestern Kenya. A mixed-method research design was used in the study to collect and analyse both qualitative and quantitative data.
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Leveraging online reviews to decode quality‐induced customer dissatisfaction: From perception to product discouragement

Decision Sciences, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 235-255, June 2026.
Abstract E‐commerce practitioners and researchers recognize that quality concerns are the primary drivers of customer dissatisfaction with products or services. While dissatisfaction can arise from various factors, little is known about quality and its components, specifically from the perspective of dissatisfied customers. Grounded in the foundational
Rahul Kumar, Nolan M. Talaei, Ajay Kumar, Kristof Coussement, Asil Oztekin   +4 more
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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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A short review of environmental and health impacts of the gold mining

, 2022
Gold mining is attracting increasing attention in many countries of the world. On the other hand, this sector causes numerous environmental and human health issues.
Galić, Ivo, Farkaš, Branimir, Orlović-Leko, Palma   +2 more
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Effect of artisanal gold mining on woody plant diversity in Western Burkina Faso

Scientific African
Although artisanal gold mining strongly contribute to enhance people incomes in West Africa, this activity can lead to habitat fragmentation and loss of woody species.
Elycée Tindano, Moussa Ganame, Sita Bongoungou, Philippe Bayen   +3 more
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Infectious Diseases Management in Small‐Scale Freshwater Aquaculture in West Africa: Lessons for Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Reviews in Aquaculture, Volume 18, Issue 3, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Infectious diseases are an increasing threat to food security, small‐scale livelihoods and the sustainability of aquaculture in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). In sub‐Saharan Africa, aquaculture is expanding rapidly but production systems often remain fragile.
Mame Boucar Diouf, Robane Faye, Ahou Rachel Koumi, Nounagnon Darius Tossavi, Enoutchy Fabrice Bouah, Ephigénie Ndew Dione, El Hadji Malick Sy Camara, Kadjo Henri Joel Niamien, Ué Clavier Zéa Bi, Atto Delphin Kouadio, El Hadji Papa Abdourahim Sy, Thérèse Adeline Fatou Gomis, Paul Mamadou Ndour, Konan Jean Baptiste Djanhan, Samba Diouf, Jean‐Christophe Avarre, Jean Fall, Elie Montchowui, Koffi Charles Boussou   +18 more
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Women, mercury and artisanal gold mining : Risk communication and mitigation

, 2003
Artisanal miners employ rudimentary techniques for minéral extraction and often operate under hazardous, labour intensive, highly disorganized and illegal conditions.
M.M. Veiga, J.J. Hinton, C. Beinhoff
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Mining ‘Waste’. Repurposing Residues in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining

, 2021
Funders: Belmont Forum, NORFACE (New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Cooperation in Europe).
Pijpers, R.J., Calvimontes, J., Camp, E. van de, D'Angelo, L., Fisher, E., Lanzano, C., Massaro, L.   +6 more
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Artisanal gold‐mining in a rural environment: Land degradation in Kenya

Land Degradation & Development, 2018
AbstractArtisanal gold‐mining (AGM) is one of the most important activities in the districts of Migori and Transmara (Kenya). Gold‐mining, however, is known to release vast quantities of arsenic and metals (some of which are very toxic like As, Hg, Cd, or Pb), which poses a serious threat to not only miners but also to the ecosystem and local ...
Benjamin Okang' Odumo, Nikos Nanos, Gregoria Carbonell, Manuel Torrijos, Jayanti Purshottam Patel, José Antonio Rodríguez Martín   +5 more
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