Artisanal small-scale mining: Potential ecological disaster in Mzingwane District, Zimbabwe
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The burden of chronic mercury intoxication in artisanal small-scale gold mining in Zimbabwe: data availability and preliminary estimates
BACKGROUND Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a poverty-driven activity practiced in over 70 countries worldwide. Zimbabwe is amongst the top ten countries using large quantities of mercury to extract gold from ore. This analysis was performed to check data availability and derive a preliminary estimate of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to mercury use in ASGM in Zimbabwe. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2072-845X,1996-1421
DOI: 10.4102/jamba.v7i1.158