Related health risk assessment of exposure to arsenic and some heavy metals in gold mines in Banmauk Township, Myanmar

  In these gold mining processes, mercury (Hg) is commonly used to capture gold; as a result, mercury can enter the environment in the soil, water, and atmosphere2,3,4,5. Therefore, ASGM has been identified as the world’s largest source of anthropogenic Hg released into the environment

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