Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry

Frequency: Yearly ISSN: 0277-2248 eISSN: 1029-0486 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02772248.2020.1839074 Abstract Small-scale gold mining activities and their mercury emissions in the Gorontalo Utara Regency of the Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, have been studied. The mining occurs in many areas of this region, but especially in the three villages Hulawa, Ilangata and Ilangata Barat. Mining activities in the Hulawa village are the oldest (19th century) in the regency, whereas mining in the Ilangata village began just 15 years ago. The activity level changes rapidly from time to time depending on the fluctuations of the gold market. Women and children are involved in the gold mining process. Female workers crush ore, process sediment wastes, and pan for gold in rivers. Children assist their mothers in these activities and play around the mining sites. Gold mining in the Utara Regency is estimated to produce about 290 kg of gold and emits approximately 860 kg of mercury into the

Akhilesh Kumar Yadav et al. Volume 96, 2014 - Issue 3. Published online: 22 Oct 2014. Views: 3475. View ...

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