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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Small-scale Gold Mining in the Puyango River Basin

A household survey was undertaken, and individuals were assessed for lead (blood samples), and for mercury (urine and hair samples). River water samples had high concentrations of particulate matter (700 mg/L). Mercury and lead levels in water at the gold... processing plants were very high in both seasons (250 ng Hg/L and 160?μg Pb/L). Mercury and lead, there was a downstream gradient with the areas adjacent to the gold processing plants having the highest levels.
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