"Ladies and gentlemen, studies reveal that 70 percent of the miners involved with amalgam burning were poisoned with mercury while women and children, some of them not working directly with mercury, were also found to be poisoned with elevated mercury levels in their bodies," said Cde Chidarikire.
"High levels of mercury were found in breast milk (in women) in the Kadoma/Chakari area, which unduly exposes breast feeding infants."
The studies also showed that a large number of children of school going age and women of child bearing age were already affected as they had high levels of mercury in their bodies.
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