The study identified artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) as a particularly significant contributor to mercury pollution in South ...

  Mercury exposure is a grave health hazard. Children inhale mercury fumes when the amalgam is burned and handle mercury with bare hands, ri...

  Numerous government agencies have mobilised to investigate potential toxic cyanide contamination after a gold mine’s water retention dam b...

  Susan Keane, Senior Direct, Natural Resources Defense Council. Co-lead, Global Mercury Partnership ASGM Area. PAHO Webinar: WHO Guidance D...

  "Environmental harm from artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), particularly in the context of gold extraction, is often tied to the...