Mercury poisoning has been scientifically proven to cause a myriad of cancers, birth of malformed children or offspring with severely decreased intelligence, numbness in the body, weakening of muscles among a host of horrific side-effects. Despite good governmental intentions in relation to community empowerment through tributary mining, the local communities continue to pay too high a cost out of mining activities. A health expect at a Government hospital highlighted that not only those actively involved in mining have their health and safety affected by mine operations.
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