Children Development in Artisanal Gold Mining Area at Jendi Village, Selogiri, Wonogiri
Keywords:
amalgamation, artisanal gold mining, children development, mercury, neurotoxicity.Abstract
Artisanal gold mining (AGM) is an important economic activity in many countries around the world, including Indonesia. Amalgamation is still the most popular method to extract gold for artisanal gold miners. Mercury has been well-known for its potent developmental toxicity. This makes children living in AGM area are vulnerable to hazardous effects of mercury. The AGM at Jendi Village, Selogiri, Wonogiri, Indonesia has been conducted since 1993. The mercury rich tailing discharged directly to surface soil, resulting contamination to its surrounding. Children are exposed to mercury through various routes, i.e. air, water, food and soil, then it will influence their developing nervous system. This study was aimed to assess the development of children living at Jendi Village which is exposed to mercury from AGM activities. As many as 54 children under five were participated in this study, taken from 9 sub-villages at Jendi Village which were then divided into 2 groups, exposed and un-exposed area.Children
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