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| Mercury in Artisanal Gold Mining: Environment, Health, Policy and Solutions | | S-SC-1 | | Combined Oral and Poster | | Mercury from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (AGM) may represent 30% of the Hg anthropogenic pollution. The information about the extent of the environmental and health impacts is still poorly documented. Since 1994, the ICMGP has received a crescent number of works revealing the size of the problem that is affecting at least 55 countries and affecting the lives of at least 100 million people. | Marcello M. Veiga
Global Mercury ProjectUnited Nations Industrial Development Organization
509-6350 Stores Rd
Univ. British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4,
veiga@apsc.ubc.ca | Randy F. Baker
Azimuth Consulting Group
218-2902 W. Broadway Ave., Vancouver, BC, Canada
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rbaker@azimuthgroup.ca | Kevin Telmer,
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of Victoria
Victoria, BC V8W 3P6
Canada
ktelmer@uvic.ca |
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