Consensus or polarization in environmental action? How local leader incentives shape the power of information. Guest post by Chiman Cheung

 In many rural parts of Sub-Saharan Africa and South America, families live along rivers that shimmer with both gold dust and mercury. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (locally called galamsey in Ghana) offers quick income, but leaves behind poisoned soil, contaminated fish, and invisible health risks that accumulate across generations.

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