Environment

Mercury Rising: Gold mining takes a toxic toll on Kenyan women

Scorching sun beats down on half a dozen women as they carry large sacks of crushed ore on their backs at the Osiri-Matanda gold mine near Kenya's border with Tanzania.

Publication Date: 
28/03/2018
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)
Tags:
Environment, Heavy Metals, Mercury, Mining, Kenya, Women, Health Effects, Gold, Africa
Water Pollution

Water to blame for endemic kidney failures in a village?

The health department has finally acted upon and collected water samples from Asola village, where kidney failures are reported to be endemic.

Publication Date: 
12/03/2018
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Nagpur (D), Water Pollution, Health Effects, Mercury, Lead, Yavatmal (D)
Environment

Senegal: Study finds mining-related mercury levels among highest in world

Dangerously high levels of mercury and a related toxin are pervasive in rivers and soils near artisanal gold mines in Senegal, according to a new study from Duke University.

Publication Date: 
13/02/2018
Africa Times
Tags:
Environment, Mercury, Heavy Metals, Mining, Health Effects, Senegal, Gold, Ghana, Africa, Water Pollution, River Pollution
Energy

Reducing mercury emission from coal combustion in the energy sector in Thailand: final report

This study aims to conduct an inventory of mercury emissions from selected coal-fired power plants in Thailand. This study, focusing on emissions of mercury from coal combustion so as to generate electricity, is a contribution to international efforts to reduce mercury pollution.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2018
Pensri Watchalayann, Nantika Soonthornchaikul, Laksana Laokiat & et al
UNDP
Tags:
Mercury, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Thailand, Electricity, Air Pollution Control
Environment

Uganda Works to Phase Out Mercury Usage

The maiden Conference of Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury took place in Geneva on September 24-29.

Publication Date: 
20/12/2017
All Africa
Tags:
Environment, Mercury, Uganda, Health Effects, Mining, Industry, Africa
Mining

Chad gold mine clash leaves 10 dead

N'Djamena - Ten people were killed in clashes at a gold mine in the Tibesti Mountains in northern Chad, pitting locals against outsiders in search of riches, a security source told AFP.

Publication Date: 
26/10/2017
News 24 (South Africa)
Tags:
Mining, Conflicts, Pollution, Mercury, Gold, Chad, Africa
Health

Mercury in women of child-bearing age in 25 countries

1044 women of child-bearing age from 25 countries participated in the study. 42% of them had mercury levels greater than 1 ppm — the level that approximately corresponds to the US EPA reference dose.* 55% of the women had mercury levels greater than 0.58 ppm mercury, a more recent, science-based threshold based on data indicating harmful effects at lower levels of exposure. Mercury is a health threat to women and the developing fetus.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2017
Lee Bell, David Evers, Sarah Johnson & et al
IPEN
70
Tags:
Mercury, Mining, Kenya, Myanmar, Indonesia, Health Effects, Food Contamination, Nepal, Africa, Maternal Health, Industrial Pollution, South Asia, Occupational Health
Dams/ Irrigation

The potential impact of new Andean dams on Amazon fluvial ecosystems

Increased energy demand has led to plans for building many new dams in the western Amazon, mostly in the Andean region. Historical data and mechanistic scenarios are used to examine potential impacts above and below six of the largest dams planned for the region, including reductions in downstream sediment and nutrient supplies, changes in downstream flood pulse, changes in upstream and downstream fish yields, reservoir siltation, greenhouse gas emissions and mercury contamination.

Publication Date: 
23/08/2017
Bruce R. Forsberg, John M. Melack, Thomas Dunne & et al
PLoS ONE
1-35
Tags:
Dams, Hydrology, Amazon, Sedimentation, Riverine Ecology, Reservoirs, Water Pollution, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, Mercury, Sediment Transport
Environment

Landmark UN-backed treaty on mercury takes effect

A ground-breaking global convention on mercury today goes into effect, the United Nations environment wing said, protecting millions of children and infants from possible neurological and health da

Publication Date: 
17/08/2017
Big News Network
Tags:
Environment, Heavy Metals, Mercury, UNEP, Health Effects, Pollution, Mining, Hazardous Waste
Mining

China to ban primary mercury mining by 2032 as convention comes into force

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will ban the production and trade of a range of products containing mercury by 2020, including thermometers and blood pressure monitors, and ban primary mercury mining by

Publication Date: 
17/08/2017
Reuters
Tags:
Mining, Mercury, China, Heavy Metals, Pollution, Environment, Asia

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