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In this context, this study assessed total Hg (THg) in blood, urine and hair, and methylmercury (MeHg) in human hair samples from 238 participants with occupational exposure to Hg in the most relevant ASGM communities of Colombia.

The Centre for Environment Justice and Development (CEJAD) conducted a detailed investigation of the extent of mercury use in ASGM sites in Mikei, Masara and Osiri in Kenya.

Note by the secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

Fact sheet on the dangers of mercury

The focus in this report is on five countries: Peru, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia, featuring case studies of the most severe active gold mining fronts.

This poster designed by the planetGOLD Burkina Faso project was created to share information with local communities in mining areas on the ways in which mercury use accumulates in and impacts the environment.

This booklet produced by the planetGOLD Burkina Faso project shares information on the health impacts of exposure to mercury

Consciente de la frecuencia con que los mineros juegan a las cartas en su tiempo libre, el proyecto hermano de planetGOLD en Ecuador diseñó estas tarjetas educativas para distribuirlas en las zonas mineras como herramienta de concienciación. Los naipes contienen más de 50 datos diferentes sobre tecnologías mineras, mercurio, formalización y mucho más.

This report highlights good legal frameworks that cover a mine's life cycle and then looks at case studies that illustrate how different jurisdictions have further integrated mechanisms into their legal frameworks to address Indigenous Peoples and mining conflict.

These insight are an important lessons for the range of efforts and approach on the part of governments, international organizations, and civil society organizations, to promote the use of clean and efficient technology for ASGM.