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Metals in water used by artisanal and small-scale gold miners for gold-mercury amalgamation in Western Kenya

Abstract Background Workers in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) are exposed to metals and metalloids (referred to here as “metals”) while mixing milled ore and elemental mercury to produce a gold-mercury amalgam. Although concentrations of metals in surface waters near ASGM activities ha...

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Hauptverfasser: Nicolas Raoilimanantsoa, Jared Oremo, Oscar Akello, Winnie Majanga, Shallvine Gunter, George Ayodo, Mehdi Amouei Torkmahalleh, Samuel Dorevitch
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: BMC 2026-01-01
Schriftenreihe:Environmental Health
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Online-Zugang:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-025-01256-6
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