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Education and equipment distribution lead to increased mercury knowledge and retort use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities in Senegal
| العنوان: | Education and equipment distribution lead to increased mercury knowledge and retort use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities in Senegal |
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| المؤلفون: | Arabella Chen, Falaye Danfakha, Heidi Hausermann, Jacqueline R. Gerson |
| المصدر: | Cleaner Production Letters, Vol 5, Iss , Pp 100050- (2023) |
| بيانات النشر: | Elsevier, 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Environmental engineering LCC:Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Artisanal and small-scale gold mining, Community health, Educational intervention, Environmental health, Mercury, Retort, Environmental engineering, TA170-171, Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering, TD1-1066 |
| الوصف: | Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is an important livelihood, but also the largest contributor to anthropogenic mercury emissions globally. Two key persistent challenges in reducing mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities are effective educational interventions and accessibility to improved technologies. This study evaluates the efficacy of education and equipment distribution interventions to reduce mercury use in artisanal gold mining in Senegalese mining communities. We analyzed the effects of education and retort (mercury-capture devices) distribution through pre- and post-intervention surveys in nine Senegalese mining communities, divided into control, education-only, and education + retort distribution. Educational sessions were conducted in local languages using simple graphics by trusted community members. Retorts were constructed by local metalworkers using locally available materials. The combination of education and retort distribution increased knowledge about the efficacy of retorts and dangers of mercury (94% post-intervention). The combination also increased retort use, from 3% to 64% post-intervention. Retort use in the other two groups also marginally increased. The increased knowledge and retort use observed in control villages suggests a potential social overflow effect of the intervention, extending beyond the locations in which they occurred. Our results indicate that the graphics-based and community-oriented educational approach accompanied by increased access to retorts provides a strong foundation for reducing mercury emissions and exposure to artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2666-7916 |
| Relation: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666791623000234; https://doaj.org/toc/2666-7916 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.clpl.2023.100050 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/7b995ff14e094586b43442a7d939d88b |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.7b995ff14e094586b43442a7d939d88b |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 26667916 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.clpl.2023.100050 |