In addition to the economic sabotage, illegal artisanal mining has fueled instability and mercury and lead poisoning incidents across gold mining communities. Unregulated artisanal mining places a significant burden on fragile health systems. From 2010 to 2016, there were more than 7,000 incidences of lead poisoning, resulting in 700 deaths related to gold mining activities in Zamfara and Kebbi alone.
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