November 2022

Mercury pollution in Africa: A review

Since the Minamata conference, the scientific and professional worlds (gold industry, metal extraction, health) have come together to conduct research and raise awareness of the effects of mercury (Hg) in the environment, particularly on public health. Africa has not remained on the sidelines of these events, which have a planetary scope due to the long-range transport of various anthropogenic and natural sources of...

Author(s): Abdoul Kader Alassane Moussa, Alassane Youssao Abdou Karim,  Alphonse Sako Avocefohoun, Emmanuel Azokpota, Olivier Donard, Daouda Mama and Dominique C. K. Sohounhloué