Zimbabwe: 'Use of Mercury Exposes Communities to Health, Environmental Challenges'

The effects of the use of mercury by small-scale miners in Zimbabwe have reached alarming levels amid revelation that the miners that use the substance have been found to have toxic traces of mercury in their bodies.
Mercury is a powerful neurotoxin that accumulates as methyl mercury in the environment and in the bodies of marine animals.
Small-scale miners reportedly prefer using the chemical because it is affordable and easy to use, although it causes a lot of environmental and health challenges.
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