Taking Action to Reduce Pollution in the Extractive Secto

Gas flaring from oil wells, and dust from mining sites is a significant source of air pollution. Artisanal and small scale gold miners often use mercury to draw out pure gold from the ore, and in so doing are estimated to account for more than a third of all anthropogenic mercury emissions, or roughly 700 tonnes per year of mercury emitted to the atmosphere
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