A large percentage of ASM miners are women, and regretfully, also children. Children working in ASM perform the same activities as adults, exposing themselves to all the risks. On the environmental front, because ASM mines usually don't have licenses to carry out extraction practises, environmental protections are ignored and can result in land degradation and water contamination. Toxic chemicals like mercury and cyanide, if not disposed of correctly, can easily enter local food chains. Consequently, this worsens the poverty and hunger situation.
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