“Women and children make up 30-50% of the workforce in small scale gold
mining in Africa, which due to the current ‘gold rush’ is leading to
increased use and pollution with mercury,” said Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Ms. Mabudafhasi of South Africa.
“We have to learn from the Minamata tragedy. It is because of the
tragedy of the mercury poisoning of women in Minamata, and the terrible
birth defects it caused in their children and children’s children, that
we are here this week to sign the Minamata Convention on ending the use
of mercury.”
http://www.wecf.eu/english/press/releases/2013/10/minimata-pressrelease.php
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