AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishops: "Environmental damage caused by the uncontrolled exploitation of mineral wealth is a social injustice"

  "Without adequate controls, these gold miners risk being buried by collapses in their makeshift mines and poisoned by mercury (used to extract gold from rock), not to mention the health risks of the local population." 

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