• Mercury exposure (blood, urine and hair) in 238 ASGM miners was assessed Colombia. A 55% of the (n = 131) had Hg/methylmercury values hair above EPA threshold. levels amalgam burners were 6 to 8-fold higher than all other miners. Fish intake, burning manipulate significant indicators Hg exposure. Exposure clearly depend on different processing activities carried out ASGM. With aim protecting ...

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is an important livelihood activity in many low- middle-income countries. It widely acknowledged that there are a myriad of health risk opportunities associated with ASM. However, little known regard to which aspects have been studied ASM settings. We conducted scoping review peer-reviewed publications, using readily available electronic databases (i.e., P...