A huge amount of mercury has been used at small-scale gold mining sites in developing countries around the world. Mercury is used as a solvent to extract gold from ore, and rampant health damage has been reported among about 10 million workers at the mining sites.
An enormous volume of mercury is also discharged into the air at the sites.
Japan and other industrialized nations must offer technical assistance to help reduce the presence of mercury in developing countries. Fostering industries to replace gold mining is also necessary.
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