Globally, small-scale gold mining is the largest single source of mercury pollution, and there are plenty of wildcat miners around Shakiso. However, Bridget Arimond, an international human rights expert at Northwestern University who has studied the mine’s impact on local communities, noted that the contamination level is so high in Lega Dembi’s tailings ponds – far upstream from any artisanal mining – that it suggests that wildcat operations are unlikely to be the main source.
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