Environmental Health Risk Assessment Due to Exposure to Mercury in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Area of Lebak District
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Human exposure to mercury due to small scale gold mining in northern Tanzania.
In northern Tanzania large numbers of small scale miners use mercury in the gold extraction process causing contamination of the environment and risks to human health. Human exposure to Hg was assessed in populations in and around small scale gold mining camps by means of human hair and urine surveys. We also determined Hg concentration in fish in aquatic bodies close to these camps. Urinary Hg...
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Journal of Health Science
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1916-9744,1916-9736
DOI: 10.5539/gjhs.v10n3p125