Millions of people are risking their lives using mercury to separate gold from ore in the gold mining industry.
United Nations launched a campaign to stop the use of mercury in unofficial gold mining, but alternative machines are still too expensive for miners to obtain.
This is one of the issues to be discussed at the UN Environment Assembly being held in Kenya.
Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from Nairobi, Kenya.
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14 Comments
Lemme just get some gloves
' White ' Europeans don't care about ur health, when one of u drops dead there's plenty of others to take ur place, just keep handing ur own gold over to them.
They are really kind people.
They risk their lives to make a living for their family
Aw F that man
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Capitalism at work ladies and gentlemen.
Liberalise markets and this wouldn't be necessary, businesses would be easier to start and jobs would be easier to create.
so sad to hear this. Ill show you how to trade bitcoin.
Kind people. But stupid.
Sadly stupid doesn't equate to good life.
mining should be taken seriously and the goverment to.intervene like in Tanzania and it will affect the economy positively
Let us find better and safer ways of doing this.
proper precautions and they could use mercury without these health problems. Boiling off mercury amalgam in an open pan is idiocy, make a crude still.
Geese. People really freak out about mercury. Just a couple safety precautions and it's fine.
They are using too much for that small amount of gold