Chronic/Non-Infectious Disease -- Sudan
Cyanide and mercury are used, mostly by traditional small-scale miners, for extracting gold from ore. The processes are controversial because of the highly toxic nature of the chemicals.
Protests against gold extraction plants in several parts of the country have increased, in particularly this year [2017]. In Northern State, North Kordofan, and North Darfur people took to the streets as well in fear for their health. In July [2017], 2 people were killed in South Kordofan, in a dispute over
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