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Maternal exposure to arsenic and mercury and associated risk of adverse birth outcomes in small-scale gold mining communities in Northern Tanzania

Environment International, 2020
Background: Exposure to arsenic and mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) communities is an issue that predominantly affects low and middle-income countries.
Elias C. Nyanza, Deborah Dewey, Mange Manyama, Jonathan W. Martin, Jennifer Hatfield, Francois P. Bernier   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Synthesis and characterization of coal fly ash and palm oil fuel ash modified artisanal and small-scale gold mine (ASGM) tailings based geopolymer using sugar mill lime sludge as Ca-based activator

Heliyon, 2021
The continuous accumulation of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) tailings in the Philippines without adequate storage and disposal facility could lead to human health and environmental disasters in the long run.
Einstine M. Opiso, Carlito B. Tabelin, Christian V. Maestre, John Paul J. Aseniero, Ilhwan Park, Mylah Villacorte-Tabelin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global health impact of atmospheric mercury emissions from artisanal and small-scale gold mining

iScience, 2022
Summary: Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the leading source of mercury (Hg), a global neurotoxin. Past research has focused on the health impacts on miners and nearby residents; here, we estimate the risk for global general populations by
Qiaotong Pang, Jing Gu, Haikun Wang, Yanxu Zhang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mercury Exposure in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Communities in Sukabumi, Indonesia [PDF]

Journal of Health and Pollution, 2020
Background. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is one of the largest sources of mercury (Hg) pollution in Indonesia. In West Java Province, ASGM is found in Bogor, Cianjur, and Sukabumi Regencies. Objectives. The present study aimed to evaluate
Alfonsus H. Harianja, Grace S. Saragih, Ridwan Fauzi, M. Yusup Hidayat, Yunesfi Syofyan, Ely Rahmy Tapriziah, Sri Endah Kartiningsih   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Partnership on Reducing Mercury in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2013
The Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining Partnership area is an initiative to reduce global mercury pollution through coordinated voluntary actions. This partnership area, co-led by Natural Resources Defense Council and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, gathers the major actors in the sector, including governments, academia and ...
Bernaudat L., Keane S.
openaire   +2 more sources

Mercury in Soil and Forage Plants from Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in the Bombana Area, Indonesia

Toxics, 2020
Mercury (Hg) contamination in soil and forage plants is toxic to ecosystems, and artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the main source of such pollution in the Bombana area of Indonesia.
Basri, Masayuki Sakakibara, Koichiro Sera   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deforestation and Forest Degradation Due to Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon: A 34-Year Perspective

Remote Sensing, 2018
While deforestation rates decline globally they are rising in the Western Amazon. Artisanal-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a large cause of this deforestation and brings with it extensive environmental, social, governance, and public health impacts ...
Jorge Caballero Espejo, Max Messinger, Francisco Román-Dañobeytia, Cesar Ascorra, Luis E. Fernandez, Miles Silman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hydrological Connectivity Enhances Fish Biodiversity in Amazonian Mining Ponds: Insights From eDNA and Traditional Sampling. [PDF]

Mol Ecol
ABSTRACT Artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM) expansion in the Madre de Dios region of the Peruvian Amazon has transformed primary forests into a novel wetland complex of thousands of abandoned mining ponds. Despite their ecological relevance, post‐mining recovery of these systems remains understudied, particularly regarding fish biodiversity ...
Timana-Mendoza C, Reyes-Calderón A, Venail P, Britzke R, Santa-Maria MC, Araújo-Flores JM, Silman M, Fernandez LE.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Adverse Health Effects and Mercury Exposure in a Colombian Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Community

Toxics, 2022
The aim of this study was, first of all, to associate the mercury (Hg) concentrations and respiratory functions of the gold miners in the artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) environment in San Martín de Loba, Colombia.
Fredy Vergara-Murillo, Shirley González-Ospino, Nazly Cepeda-Ortega, Fredy Pomares-Herrera, Boris Johnson-Restrepo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Senegalese artisanal gold mining leads to elevated total mercury and methylmercury concentrations in soils, sediments, and rivers

Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2018
The largest source of global mercury (Hg) anthropogenic inputs to the environment is derived from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) activities in developing countries.
Jacqueline R. Gerson, Charles T. Driscoll, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Emily S. Bernhardt   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source