The Mercury Problem in Artisanal and Small‐Scale Gold Mining
· Mercury levels in women of child‐bearing age near ASGM activities are often high due to consumption of mercury‐contaminated water, seafood or rice; direct handling of mercury in mining or other gold‐related processing; or through exposure to mercury gas during amalgam, 8b, 17b Because maternal transfer of mercury to the fetus is efficient for elemental and methylmercury,13 ...