Over the last 20 years, the serious and deadly threats posed by toxic chemicals have drastically increased, revealing new challenges that must be urgently addressed.
These new challenges include the mercury pollution caused by artisanal small scale gold mining (ASGM). Some argue that ASGM helps people to sustain their livelihoods, but the practice also causes 80% of all human mercury poisoning. Yuyun Ismawati, IPEN ASGM Lead, works to highlight environmental and health problems associated with ASGM at the global level and nationally, in her own country of Indonesia. Her hard work was recently recognized by the Government of Indonesia for her research in ASGM communities in the rural areas of Indonesia.
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