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Mining remains a source of fast profits and attracts many living in dire conditions in Sudan, one of the world's poorest countries. AFP

Gold mining residues are piled up near a residential area in the village of Banat, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum. AFP

The four-year-old son of Awadya Ahmed, born blind and crippled, a handicap that she blames on a large mound of gold mining waste left near her house in Banat. AFP

Exposure to mercury, used to extract gold, poses particular risk to the nervous, digestive and immune systems. AFP

Exposure to mercury could be fatal, according to the World Health Organisation. AFP

Nafisa Ali Al Awad, 8, who is unable to walk or speak, a handicap believed to be caused by her exposure to gold mining residues, with her father. AFP

Gold mining residues near an agricultural field in Banat. AFP

Exposure to mercury also threatens the development of children in the womb and early in life, the WHO said.
AFP — Exposure to mercury also threatens the development of children in the womb and early in life, the WHO said. AFP

Mining remains a source of fast profits and attracts many living in dire conditions in Sudan, one of the world's poorest countries. AFP

Gold mining residues are piled up near a residential area in the village of Banat, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum. AFP

The four-year-old son of Awadya Ahmed, born blind and crippled, a handicap that she blames on a large mound of gold mining waste left near her house in Banat. AFP

Exposure to mercury, used to extract gold, poses particular risk to the nervous, digestive and immune systems. AFP

Exposure to mercury could be fatal, according to the World Health Organisation. AFP

Nafisa Ali Al Awad, 8, who is unable to walk or speak, a handicap believed to be caused by her exposure to gold mining residues, with her father. AFP

Gold mining residues near an agricultural field in Banat. AFP

Exposure to mercury also threatens the development of children in the womb and early in life, the WHO said.
AFP — Exposure to mercury also threatens the development of children in the womb and early in life, the WHO said. AFP

Mining remains a source of fast profits and attracts many living in dire conditions in Sudan, one of the world's poorest countries. AFP

Sudan's gold rush wreaks havoc on health - in pictures

Exposure to mercury poses particular risk to nervous, digestive and immune systems, and could prove fatal, the World Health Organisation says

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July 23, 2022

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