New approach aims to detoxify artisanal gold mining

 Knowing that approaches focusing on getting rid of mercury have not worked in the past, a team from Michigan State University, Colorado State University, the Peace Corps and Duke University started talking with miners in Senegal to identify emission-reducing opportunities that would stick. Using what they learned, the team developed a new way of doing things.

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