Sudan environmentalist warns of ‘frightening and dangerous results’ of traditional mining

 “The Supreme Council for Environment and Natural Resources, and the Sudanese Society for the Protection of the Environment carried out, in the previous period, studies, visits and field surveys of the area between north Atbara and south Berber, and reached frightening and dangerous results in serious health problems such as toxicosis of foetuses and new-borns, in addition to neurological and respiratory diseases, kidney failure, liver diseases and allergies As a result of the use of mercury, cyanide and other chemicals to extract gold in residential areas and farms. He stated that inhaling mercury vapor leads to difficulty breathing, suffocation and death.”

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