Mercury is back on the ground floor in artisanal gold in Mali. This product has become highly toxic in the process of extracting gold. It allows efficient recovery of gold from ore, yet the miners are aware of the harmful effects of mercury. But they do not relate to respiratory diseases.
The traditional gold mining site is a place where we meet almost every nationality in the subregion: Malians, Burkinabe, Guineans, Senegalese, Ivorians, Nigerians etc .... According to tradition the earth belongs to everyone.
http://www.demotix.com/news/1325524/mali-gold-miners-continue-their-trade-despite-northern-fighting
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