Current Mercury Exposure from Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Bombana, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia—Future Significant Health Risks
The rapid expansion of the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) industry in developing countries has marginalized the local communities in poverty, and resulted in occupational exposure to mercury via the gold extraction process. We investigated the mercury exposure of the mining workers liv...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-02-01
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| Series: | Toxics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/5/1/7 |