Along the river, there is Brighton (19) who says has worked with mercury for two years and was already experiencing hand tremors, a typical sign of mercury poisoning.
Speaking at the Mercury Initial Assessment launch in Kadoma early last year stakeholders agreed that there was need to educate gold miners on the safe use of mercury.
Wellington Takavarasha, president of the Zimbabwe Artisanal and Small-Scale for Sustainable Mining Council, told the meeting that Zimbabwe was among the world’s top five illegal importers of mercury and lack of information on the dangers of the chemical was exposing many citizens to health risks.
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