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Photographer Thom Pierce's portraits of South African miners suffering devastating health issues after years of working in South Africa's gold mines

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Gold Mining and the Community. Dirty gold mining has contributed to violence, worsened public health problems, and threatened indigenous cultures.

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Research leads to action to improve human health Gold has been mined for centuries in the hills of southwestern Ecuador. Today, the mining is small scale but the ...

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