Indonesia: Unearthing Toxic Conditions for Impoverished Gold Miners
Award-winning photographer Larry C. Price looks at children working in the gold mines of Southeast Asia.
Award-winning photographer Larry C. Price looks at children working in the gold mines of Southeast Asia.
To document child labor in the small-scale gold mining industry Larry Price carried his cameras 300 feet into the earth.
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Small-scale gold mining is the largest source of mercury emissions produced by humans. In Indonesia child miners are exposed to mercury which can cause tremors, memory loss, and brain damage.
Child miners are exposed to highly toxic mercury which can be absorbed through the skin, ingested in food and water, or inhaled from vapors.
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