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In Indonesia, the use of mercury in small-scale gold mining has tragic health consequences for those living near mining operations. Toxic plumes and other forms of exposure cause neurological ...

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Across West Africa, mercury — a potent neurotoxin — remains the dominant method for extracting gold from ore in the region’s booming informal mining sector, much of it illegal and unregulated.

Prolonged exposure to mercury and sodium cyanide used in gold extraction causes damage to the nervous, digestive and immune systems.

Negotiations for an international treaty to limit the use of mercury should seek to protect the health rights of artisanal gold mining communities, such as those in Bagega, Nigeria. Mercury is ...

Californian startup Marathon Fusion says it could produce several tonnes of the element per year.