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Rapid assessment of environmental health risks posed by mining operations in low- and middle-income countries: Selected case studies

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dc.contributor.author Caravanos, Jack
dc.contributor.author Ericson, Bret
dc.contributor.author Ponce-Canchihuamán, Johny
dc.contributor.author Hanrahan, David
dc.contributor.author Block, Meredith
dc.contributor.author Susilorini, Budi
dc.contributor.author Fuller, Richard
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-04T20:29:57Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-04T20:29:57Z
dc.date.issued 2013
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/10446
dc.description.abstract Previous studies have evaluated associated health risks and human exposure pathways at mining sites. Others have provided estimates of the scale of the issue based in part on surveys. However, a global census of mining-related hazardous waste sites has been lacking. The Toxic Sites Identification Program (TSIP) implemented by Blacksmith Institute (New York, NY, USA) since 2009 is an ongoing effort to catalogue a wide range of chemically contaminated sites with a potential human health risk (Ericson et al., Environ Monit Assess doi:10.1007/s 10661-012-2665-2, 2012). The TSIP utilizes a rapid assessment instrument, the Initial Site Screening (ISS), to quickly and affordably identify key site criteria including human exposure pathways, estimated populations at risk, and sampling information. The resulting ISS allows for comparison between sites exhibiting different contaminants and pollution sources. This paper explores the results of a subset of ISSs completed at 131 artisanal and small-scale gold mining areas and 275 industrial mining and ore processing sites in 45 countries. The authors show that the ISS captures key data points, allowing for prioritization of sites for further investigation or remedial activity. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Springer
dc.relation.ispartofseries Environmental Science and Pollution Research
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Mining en_US
dc.subject Health risks en_US
dc.subject Pollution en_US
dc.subject Waste site en_US
dc.subject Low- and medium-income countries en_US
dc.subject Developing countries en_US
dc.subject Rapid risk assessment en_US
dc.title Rapid assessment of environmental health risks posed by mining operations in low- and middle-income countries: Selected case studies en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-012-1424-9
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.05
dc.relation.issn 1614-7499


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