Environmental Health and Safety Hazards of Indigenous Small-Scale Gold Mining Using Cyanidation in the Philippines

Objectives This cross-sectional study aimed at the environmental health hazards at work and cyanide exposure of small-scale gold miners engaged in gold extraction from ores in a mining area in the Philippines. Methods Methods consisted of structured questionnaire-guided interviews, work process obse...

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Main Authors: Ana Marie R. Leung, Jinky Leilanie DP. Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Environmental Health Insights
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/EHI.S38459