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Mercury Rising: Gold mining takes a toxic toll on Kenyan women [1]

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) [2]
Tags:
Environment [3], Heavy Metals [4], Mercury [5], Mining [6], Kenya [7], Women [8], Health Effects [9], Gold [10], Africa [11]

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