Mining is an activity that involves the use of chemicals and results in unsustainable dangerous conditions for miners, their families, community surrounding ecosystem. This study was done to assess metallic contamination soils sediments Bétaré-Oya gold artisanal mine district, East-Cameroon. A total thirty (30) samples exploited soils, control were taken from mining sites Lom, Mbal Mali. The co...

CONTEXT Mercury exposure has been described among small-scale gold mining communities in developing countries, but reports of inhalational mercury toxicity among home gold extractors in the US remain uncommon. OBJECTIVE We sought to identify inhalational mercury exposures and toxicity among artisanal gold extractors. METHODS This is an observational case series of a single Poison Center dat...

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is growing in many regions of the world including Ghana. The problems in these communities are complex and multi-faceted. To help increase understanding of such problems, and to enable consensus-building and effective translation of scientific findings to stakeholders, help inform policies, and ultimately improve decision making, we utilized an Integ...

Gold mining by itinerant miners is acknowledged by the International Labour Organization (ILO) as the means of livelihood for more than 13 million people in the developing world. Though there are many potential socio-economic benefits of smallscale mining, there are also negative impacts from these small and inefficient operations due to wasteful extraction and processing techniques, often invo...

BACKGROUND An estimated 0.5 to 1.5 million informal miners, of whom 30-50% are women, rely on artisanal mining for their livelihood in Tanzania. Mercury, used in the processing gold ore, and arsenic, which is a constituent of some ores, are common occupational exposures that frequently result in widespread environmental contamination. Frequently, the mining activities are conducted haphazardly ...

BACKGROUND Crystalline silica and asbestos are common minerals that occur throughout South Africa, exposure to either causes respiratory disease. Most studies on silicosis in South Africa have been cross-sectional and long-term trends have not been reported. Although much research has been conducted on the health effects of silica dust and asbestos fibre in the gold-mining and asbestos-mining s...

Stationary and personal passive sampling provides complementary information on the inhalation exposure to gaseous elemental mercury among Norwegian e-waste workers, Ghanaian artisanal gold miners community members.

BACKGROUND Mercury is a toxic metal with its effects on human health ranging from acute to chronic in a very short time of exposure. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the main source of direct human exposure to mercury. AIM To access the effect of mercury exposure on the renal function and level of personal protective equipment (PPE) compliance among small-scale gold miners in B...