People living downstream from artisanal gold mining sites in Amazonia, Southeast Asia, China, Mongolia, and sub-Saharan Africa are exposed to methylmercury via fish in streams and rivers polluted by small-scale gold mining procedures. But public health specialists have long been concerned about more direct exposures to mercury for the miners themselves, who inhale vapors when… Continue reading People living downstream from artisanal gold mining sites in Amazonia, Southeast