Who is smuggling mercury into eastern Uganda gold mines?

Dr Patrick Magoola, the Namayingo district health officer, says the health effects on miners are serious as breathing in mercury fumes damages the nerves, plus other health complications.

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Who is smuggling mercury into eastern Uganda gold mines?
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At almost all gold mines where miners work from open pits in Namayingo district, youths spend the day washing ore to extract gold pieces.

This is also what happens at other

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