Health and environmental training in mercury-contaminated areas

Blüml, Stephan; Lettmeier, Beate; Cao, Thuy Linh; Siebert, Uwe; Tesha, Aloyce L.; Pronczuk, Jenny; Beinhoff, Christian; Drasch, G.

doi:10.1504/ijenvh.2007.018580

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“…A common sentiment in development research is that governments should devote more budget resources to programs to assist miners in reducing mercury pollution from small-scale mining [48][49][50][51], and that the government should work with informal sector miners to improve their awareness of key risks even if they are not officially licensed as legal miners in the government's registration books [16,[52][53][54][55]. Various studies argue that, in order to address small-scale mining populations' concerns, governments need to give more attention to measures for respecting customary land rights, improving rural indigenous populations' access to mineral resource ownership and empowering local communities as decision-makers in environmental policymaking processes [33,[56][57][58][59].…”

Section: Global Challenges Of Mercury In Small-scale Gold Miningmentioning

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International guidelines on mercury management in small-scale gold mining

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Veiga

2010

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Section: Global Challenges Of Mercury In Small-scale Gold Miningmentioning

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International guidelines on mercury management in small-scale gold mining

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Veiga

2010

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Review: Artisanal Gold Mining in Africa—Environmental Pollution and Human Health Implications

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Watts,

Mitchell

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About nine million Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) workers in Africa and people living near ASGM activities are highly exposed to geogenic and anthropogenic potentially toxic elements (PTEs). Despite the hazards and risks posed by ASGM being well characterized, coordinated multidisciplinary environmental characterization with combined public health studies are limited, with often piecemeal and snapshot studies reported, as highlighted by this review. Furthermore, studies are often not connected with efforts to minimize hazards holistically. Given this, we systematically reviewed the scientific literature on human health hazards associated with ASGM in Africa through Google Scholar, Science Direct, and Pubmed databases. One hundred and seventy-three peer-reviewed papers published between 1996 and June 2023 from 30 African countries were identified. Toxicological environmental hazards were reported in 102 peer-reviewed papers, notably As, Cd, CN, Cr, Hg, Pb, respirable SiO2-laden dust, and radionuclides. Exposure to PTEs in human biomonitoring matrices and associated health impacts were documented in 71 papers. Hg was the most reported hazard. Gaps in research robustness, regulation and policy framework, technology, risk detection, surveillance, and management were found. Despite international and in-country mitigation efforts, ASGM-related hazards in Africa are worsening. This review paper highlights the need for coordinated action and multidisciplinary collaborative research to connect dispersed isolated studies to better characterize the associated disease burden associated with ASGM in Africa and sustainably maximize the wider benefits of ASGM whilst protecting public health and the environment.

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Socioeconomic dimensions of mercury pollution abatement: Engaging artisanal mining communities in Sub-Saharan Africa

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2009

Ecological Economics

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Health and environmental training in mercury-contaminated areas

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International guidelines on mercury management in small-scale gold mining

International guidelines on mercury management in small-scale gold mining

Review: Artisanal Gold Mining in Africa—Environmental Pollution and Human Health Implications

Socioeconomic dimensions of mercury pollution abatement: Engaging artisanal mining communities in Sub-Saharan Africa

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