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Countries concealed risk of mercury exposure in artisanal and small-scale gold mining – NaturalNews.com
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 A recent report penned by and involving 25 countries found that 15 million artisanal and small-scale gold miners are exposed to mercury, a potent neurotoxin. However, these same nations did not include this risk of mercury exposure in estimates for their respective territories.

The report published in Environmental Science and Policy involved mostly developing nations in Africa, South America and Asia. It scrutinized baseline mercury emissions from informal mining activities carried out using low technology or with minimal machinery.

According to a Mining.com piece, baseline mercury emission estimates seek to determine how many kilograms of mercury from artisanal gold mining are injected into the atmosphere each year. "Yet countries often don't report this range of possible estimates," it added.

Report co-author Kathleen M. Smits said in a media statement: "To make effective and impactful mercury interventions and policies, you must fi...
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