Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) Related Environmental and Health Problems
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)Content type: - text
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- Medicine and Nursing
- Oncology
- absorption
- accumulation
- active mining
- air
- alluvial mining
- amalgamation
- Amazon
- Amazon Basin
- arsenic
- artisanal and small gold mining
- artisanal and small-scale gold mining
- artisanal mining
- artisanal small-scale gold mining
- ASGM
- atmospheric
- best-worst scaling
- bibliometric analysis
- Bone River
- cocoa
- contaminant mobility
- contaminant movement
- contamination
- copper
- coronavirus disease
- disease
- economic valuation
- Ecuador
- elevated blood levels
- environment
- environmental and health impact
- environmental exposure
- environmental governance
- environmental health
- environmental risks
- executive functions
- extractive industries
- fish
- geo-accumulation index
- geomedical science
- gold price
- Gorontalo
- Gorontalo Province
- health
- health risk
- heavy metal
- heavy metal contamination
- Hg
- human hair
- human health
- illegal mining
- indigenous population
- Indonesia
- Indonesian gold mining
- influxes of miners
- intoxication
- job opportunities
- landcover change
- lead
- Manu National Park
- Matsigenka
- mercury
- methylmercury
- mining
- mining camp
- mining community
- Myanmar
- neuro-psychological disorders
- nighttime light
- online health assessment
- para-occupational
- plant
- preferences
- Pteris vittata
- remote sensing
- river sediments
- SAR
- small-scale mining
- soil
- Southeast Asia
- surface water occurrence
- synthetic aperture radar
- TDCoPs
- toxic metals
- transdisciplinary
- tree bark
- water
- work
- working memory
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This reprint focuses on artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) all over the world, as well as its impact on the economy, environment, and health, providing sustainable solutions to severe ASGM problems. This book presents a total of 20 published articles of regions including Southeast Asia, South America, and South Africa, as well as a general overview of ASGM issues. Studies included in this book posit that (1) ASGM activity is still widely practiced as an alternative livelihood in rural areas in many countries around the world, using toxic elements such as Hg and cyanide due to a lack of legal enforcement on the ASGM sector; (2) ASGM has a negative impact on environmental ecosystems, causes occupational health problems for miners, and causes chronic health disorders in both ASGM communities and those living far from ASGM areas. However, some studies propose that specific potential bioindicators could be used to monitor the environment and health of those living in ASGM communities, providing sustainable solutions to severe ASGM problems.
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