Merging Old and New: Framing Technology Transfer to Improve Mercury Risk Management for Artisans and Communities

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Millions of people worldwide are involved in artisanal mining and the crafting of precious metals. Mercury is a common additive for extracting gold from ore, and potential health impacts are substantial. A number of initiatives are under way to reduce mercury releases and exposures, and a recent pilot demonstration of a retort installation shop has demonstrated a 20-fold reduction in airborne levels within a small Brazilian gold shop. Information technology and educational outreach are key to increasing local awareness of the mercury threat and options for mitigating exposure, including via trainers. A prototype website is being developed to serve as an information resource for this effort.
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Bailey, M., Fernandez, L., Loren, H., MacDonell, M. & Newland, L., (2007). Merging Old and New: Framing Technology Transfer to Improve Mercury Risk Management for Artisans and Communities. In: Hryniewicz, O., Studzinski, J. & Romaniuk, M. (Hrsg.), Environmental Informatics and Systems Research. Aachen: Shaker Verlag.
@inproceedings{mci/Bailey2007,
author = {Bailey, Marianne AND Fernandez, Luis AND Loren, Habegger AND MacDonell, Margaret AND Newland, Leo},
title = {Merging Old and New: Framing Technology Transfer to Improve Mercury Risk Management for Artisans and Communities},
booktitle = {Environmental Informatics and Systems Research},
year = {2007},
editor = {Hryniewicz, Olgierd AND Studzinski, Jan AND Romaniuk, Maciej},
publisher = {Shaker Verlag},
address = {Aachen}
}

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Datum: 2007
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