·Artisanal and small scale gold mining ASGM is present in over 80 countries employing about 15 million miners and serving as source of livelihood for millions more The sector is estimated to be the largest emitter of mercury globally The Minamata Convention on Mercury seeks to reduce and where feasible eliminate mercury use in the
·Gold mining is responsible for most Hg pollution in developing countries The aims of this study were to assess the levels of total Hg T Hg in human hair fish water macrophyte and sediment samples in the gold mining district of San Martin de Loba Colombia as well as to determine fish consumption based risks for T Hg ingestion T Hg
·Mercury contamination from artisanal and small scale gold mining ASGM currently accounts for 37% of the global total often affecting tropical regions where regulations if they exist are often poorly enforced Ingestion by people and other animals damages the nervous reproductive and cognitive systems Despite the efforts of many
·Artisanal and small scale gold mining ASGM is the principal source of atmospheric Hg pollution UN Environment 2019 and a main driver of deforestation especially in the Peruvian Amazon Hänggli et al 2023; Larrea Gallegos et al 2023 It is estimated that ASGM releases between 675 and 1000 t of Hg globally into the
Estimates suggest that up to 100 million people are directly or indirectly exposed to mercury from small scale gold mining A new gold standard To counter gold mining s toxic trail planetGOLD is facilitating the sharing of technical materials and guidance between artisanal gold mines and governments It is also advocating for new
Relevant legislation and NGO policy work Globally The Minamata Convention on Mercury under Article 7 requires that Each Party that has artisanal small scale gold mining and processing subject to this article within is territory shall take steps to reduce and where feasible eliminate the use of mercury and mercury compounds in and the emissions and
·The five major vendors in Segovia the largest gold producing town in Antioquia reported sales of 1502 kg of mercury per month Table 4 or tonnes per annum exclusively to gold mining Mercury is sold to miners for around US$ 56/kg which is inexpensive compared to prices in artisanal mining sites elsewhere in Latin America
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