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Introduction of Mercury-Free Gold Extraction to Small-Scale Miners in the Cabo Delgado Province in Mozambique

Background: The majority of small-scale gold miners worldwide, including those in Mozambique, use mercury to extract gold. Over the last fifty years, gold production from small-scale mining has been accelerating and consequently the amount of mercury released to the environment has increased dramatically, causing major global health problems. In 2018, a team from the Danish […]

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Training of Small Scale Miners and their Families in Safe Handling of Mercury During Extraction of Gold in the Philippines. Improving Access to Social Services: health services and income opportunities for Small Scale Miners and Their Families

SummaryTwo small-scale mining districts were investigated: Sibutad in Zamboanga del Norte on Mindanao, and several villages in Camarines Norte: Barangay Casalugan, Paracale; Barangay Luklukan, Jose Panganiban and Barangay Gumaus, Paracale on southern Lu- zon. A brief visit was also paid to milling stations for small-scale miners in Benguet North of Manila. The main finding of […]

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Mercury Pollution from Small-Scale Gold Mining Can Be Stopped by Implementing the Gravity-Borax Method – A Two-Year Follow-Up Study from Two Mining Communities in the Philippines

Abstract Mercury is used globally to extract gold in artisanal and small-scale gold mining. The mercury-free gravity-borax method for gold extraction was introduced in two mining communities using mercury in the provinces Kalinga and Camarines Norte. This article describes project activities and quantitative changes in mercury consumption and analyzes the implementation with diffusion of innovations theory. Activities […]

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Diálogos Nyt December 2018

Læs Diálogos Nyt fra december 2018, med nyt fra projekterne om kviksølv, interkulturel medicin og mere. Alle medlemmer har fået det tilsendt, men du kan også læse det her. Drillenissen var på spil, da bladet skulle trykkes, en del billedtekster røg ud. Her er rettelserne: Side 3: TV. På marken i Vallegrande sprøjtes der med […]

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Assessment of Dithiocarbamate Residues on Tomatoes Conventionally Grown in Uganda and the Effect of Simple Washing to Reduce Exposure Risk to Consumers

ABSTRACT: Pesticide misuse by farmers poses health risks to consumers. This study assessed the level of dithiocarbamate residues in tomatoes acquired from 20 farmers and 25 market vendors in Wakiso District, how simple washing affects these residues, and the potential chronic health risk for Ugandans eating such tomatoes. Results revealed that mancozeb was the only reported dithiocarbamate, […]

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Den sociale og kulturelle konstruktion af sygdommen

Af Annie Oehlerich, antropolog. Den traditionelle healer er ofte det første valg, når sygdommen rammer. Erfaringerne viser at sundhedsforholdene forbedres markant, når det traditionelle og biomedicinske system samarbejder. Artiklen fokuserer på Diálogos sundhedsprojekter i Uganda og Bolivia og forklarer hvorfor forfædreånder og ritualer kan indvirke på sygdom og sundhed i en kulturspecifik sygdomsfortælling. Diálogos sundhedsprojekter […]

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Nyt pesticidprojekt i Bolivia

Af Olaf Chresten Jensen PLAGBOL-projektgruppen PLAGBOL og Diálogos har i 15 år arbejdet for at øge viden om pesticider og alternativer blandt bønder i Bolivia med stor succes. På trods af de eksisterende internationale og nationale retningslinjer er pesticider fortsat et stort problem såvel i Bolivia som i andre udviklingslande. Det seneste PLAGBOL projekt 2014-2016 […]