Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining : A Framework for Collecting Site-Specific Sampling and Survey Data to Support Health-Impact Analyses

Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining : A Framework for Collecting Site-Specific Sampling and Survey Data to Support Health-Impact Analyses

Artisanal gold mining occurs informally and therefore relies on low technologies and extraction methods lacking pollution controls. As a result, despite the fact that artisanal gold mining produces only twenty percent of the world’s gold, it releas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
ARTISANAL GOLD MINING
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION
HUMAN EXPOSURE
HEALTH OUTCOME
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING
BIOLOGICAL SAMPLING
HEALTH ASSESSMENT
MERCURY
LEAD
ARSENIC
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/555051630399785312/Artisanal-and-Small-Scale-Gold-Mining-A-Framework-for-Collecting-Site-Specific-Sampling-and-Survey-Data-to-Support-Health-Impact-Analyses
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36237

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/555051630399785312/Artisanal-and-Small-Scale-Gold-Mining-A-Framework-for-Collecting-Site-Specific-Sampling-and-Survey-Data-to-Support-Health-Impact-Analyses
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36237

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