Artisanal mining: Enhancing rural livelihoods at the expense of health, environment

 Within minutes, she pours water into the basin and begins the sieving process. Midway, she adds a small ball of mercury into the basin, and scours through the mixture with her bare hands. Mercury, she says, is an important element in extracting the gold. 

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