Mercury Mining in Mexico: I. Community Engagement to Improve Health Outcomes from Artisanal Mining

• Glavni autori: Andrea Camacho (Autor), Evelyn Van Brussel (Autor), Leticia Carrizales (Autor), Rogelio Flores-Ramírez (Autor), Beatriz Verduzco (Autor), Selene Ruvalcaba-Aranda Huerta (Autor), Mauricio Leon (Autor), Fernando Díaz-Barriga (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Ubiquity Press, 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Background: Mercury is an element that cannot be destroyed and is a global threat to human and environmental health. In Latin America and the Caribbean, artisanal and small-scale gold mining represents the main source of mercury emissions, releases, and consumption. However, another source of concer...