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Climate Change, Conflict, and Resource Extraction: Analyses of Nigerian Artisanal Mining Communities and Ominous Global Trends
BACKGROUND: The 2010 lead poisoning outbreak that claimed the lives of more than 400 children in artisanal gold mining villages in Zamfara, Nigeria is the tragic result of high gold prices, a geologic anomaly, and processing of ores in residential areas. Today, these villages face a growing crisis r...
Autores principales: | Bartrem, Casey, von Lindern, Ian, von Braun, Margrit, Tirima, Simba |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8916050/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35433284 http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3547 |
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