Executive summary Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature
death in the world today. Diseases caused by pollution were responsible for an estimated 9 …

Mercury‐dependent artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM) is the largest source of
mercury pollution on Earth. In this practice, elemental mercury is used to extract gold from …

The heavy metals lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), and cadmium (Cd) are ubiquitous environmental
pollutants and are known to exert severe adverse impacts on the nervous system even at …

Mercury (Hg) is a chemical of health concern worldwide that is now being acted upon
through the Minamata Convention. Operationalizing the Convention and tracking its …

Governments, international agencies, NGOs, and academics focus their projects' objectives
on monitoring mercury pollution in Artisanal Gold Mining (AGM). Rarely do these monitoring …

With the aim of protecting human life and the environment, the Minamata Convention seeks
to reduce and monitor mercury (Hg) concentrations in the environment. Artisanal and Small …

Gold is one of the most valuable materials but is frequently extracted under circumstances
that are hazardous to artisanal and small-scale gold miners' health. A common gold …

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is an important livelihood activity in many low-and
middle-income countries. It is widely acknowledged that there are a myriad of health risk and …

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) takes place under extreme conditions with a lack of
occupational health and safety. As the demand for metals is increasing due in part to their …

Alluvial gold mining activities in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest are responsible for mercury
emissions and deforestation. To understand related environmental impacts, specifically …