Sudan’s gold Mining effects health of many due to toxic chemicals left behind

2022-07-19 03:46:03

(MENAFN) Sudanese mother Awadya Ahmed has wondered for long why her youngest kid Talab was born blind and paralyzed, now she accused the loads of toxic waste discarded by gold miners, however, in latest years, a rising number of traditional miners have invaded her village in hopes to change his life.

But they desert dangerous white-powdered waste loaded with toxic chemicals such as mercury used in the gold mining procedure.

The waste is neglected nearby farmland, water sources as well as residential areas.

Ahmed, who is 45 years old, stated to AFP at her home in Banat village, in River Nile state north of Khartoum that “His four brothers were born in good health, but Talab is the only one born after mining residues spread.”

The four-year-old lay next to her, with no ability to move, as stated by experts, Artisanal gold extraction is common through most of Sudan, hiring over two million people and generating nearly 80 percent of the gold mining industry across the world. Sudan is one of the world’s poorest nations, and mining continue to be a source of fast incomes so its appealing to many.

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