Around the world, some 15 million artisanal and small-scale gold miners produce 10-15% of the world’s supplies, but they work in notoriously dangerous conditions and are poorly paid by middlemen for their gold.
Gold mining is one of the world’s most dangerous industries with miners earning as little as $1 per day. Daily contact with toxic chemicals used to process gold such as mercury, cyanide and nitric acid means workers risk disease, serious injury, premature births and even death.
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