“There is a lot of mercury poisoning that unprotected miners encounter unknowingly as they use the chemical,” Mr Tom Okurut, the executive director of National Environment Management Authority (Nema), said.
“They are inhaling it and this will affect their nervous, respiratory and immune systems with the toxicity depending on the type of mercury,” Mr Okurut told participants at a regional workshop on the development of national action plans for artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Entebbe, yesterday.
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