Africa hosts a third of the world's mineral wealth and has significant deposits of gold, some of which is found in Zimbabwe.
The country's endowment with vast gold reserves has given rise to artisanal gold mining activities, whose use of mercury in gold processing has brought several environmental and health impacts.
Emerging evidence indicate that artisanal and small-scale gold mining related mercury contamination in Africa is contributing to serious health and ecological impacts and has raised concern among environmentalists.
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