Globally, 10-15 percent of gold supplies are produced by an estimated
15 million small-scale gold miners who make up more than 90 percent of
the global gold extraction workforce. And much of that work is being
done in poor conditions. In Tanzania, Africa’s fourth largest gold
producer, children as young as eight
work in structurally unsound mines and are exposed to dangerous levels
of mercury. But practices like this may soon be changing for gold miners
in Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya, The Guardian reports, thanks to a program from Fairtrade International:
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/is-an-ethical-gold-revolution-coming-to-east-africa/29011
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