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Health Risks

MINING
Long term effects:
respiratory ailments
joint problems
hearing loss
vision loss
impaired nervous system
development
infertility
cancer
chronic back pain
Short term effects:
overexertion/exhaustion
headaches

Hazardous child labour. (n.d.). Retrieved October 1, 2015

SCAVENGING
Long term effects:
respiratory ailments
According to the WHO, these come
specifically from inhaling toxic fumes
from retrieving conflict minerals

lung cancer
Underdevelopment of the brain
Short term effects:
increased coughing

Sources
World Health Organization. (2015). Hazardous child labor.
Occupational Health. Retrieved from
http://www.who.int/occupational_health/topics/childlabour/en/

Price, L. (2013, July 13). One Million Children Labor in


Africas Goldmines. December 11, 2015, Retrieved from
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/world-july-dec13burkinafaso_07-10/
Conflict Minerals. (2015). Retrieved December 11, 2015,
Retrieved from http://www.enoughproject.org/conflict-minerals

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