Metals in water used by artisanal and small-scale gold miners for gold-mercury amalgamation in Western Kenya [PDF]
Environmental HealthBackground Workers in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) are exposed to metals and metalloids (referred to here as “metals”) while mixing milled ore and elemental mercury to produce a gold-mercury amalgam.
Nicolas Raoilimanantsoa +7 more
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Joined-up governance for more complementary interactions between expanding artisanal small-scale gold mining and agriculture: Insights from Ghana. [PDF]
PLoS ONERising gold prices have led artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) operations to proliferate in sub-Saharan Africa, extending into agricultural areas.
Enoch Adranyi +2 more
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Mercury and cyanide exposure and safety practices in Sudanese artisanal gold mining communities, 2022 [PDF]
Environmental and Occupational Health PracticeBackground: Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) involves informal, small-scale investments in gold mining using low technology. It accounts for 39% of annual mercury emissions, in addition to cyanide emissions.
Shafee S. Almahi +3 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental SafetyThe Kakamega gold belt's natural geological enrichment and artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) have resulted in food and environmental pollution, human exposure, and subsequent risks to health.
Olivier S Humphrey +2 more
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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]
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and PolicyBackground Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) employs many adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) who face distinct vulnerabilities. Work and leisure activities in ASGM often involve substance use.
Betty Kwagala +6 more
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EarthMercury (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.
Agus Sudaryanto +2 more
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Human Health Risk Assessment from Mercury-Contaminated Soil and Water in Abu Hamad Mining Market, Sudan [PDF]
ToxicsArtisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) poses a significant global threat due to mercury emissions and resulting health hazards. This study focuses on assessing these risks in the Abu Hamad ASGM community in Sudan.
Ahmed Elwaleed +6 more
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EarthArtisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the largest source of global mercury (Hg) emissions. This study investigated Hg contamination in water, soil, sediment, fish, and cassava plants around ASGM sites in Gunung Pongkor, West Java, Indonesia.
Ahmed Elwaleed +2 more
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Formalization of ASGM in the Frame of Economic and Environmental Sustainability [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM), owned by individuals, is one form of mineral mining that has been regulated by law. The dilemma in the management of ASGM lies in its dual nature, serving as both an economic potential and a source of ...
Puluhulawa Fenty +2 more
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Efficient analysis of cyclic laterally loaded piles
Results in Engineering, 2021 The analysis and design of piles subjected to lateral cyclic loads that induce significant plastic responses requires numerical models for the lateral soil resistance capable of representing the fundamental soil responses observed in such conditions.
W.O. McCarron
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