Assessment of Surface Water Quality and Mercury Levels From Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) Along Acupan River, Benguet, Philippines

• Main Authors: Espiritu, Emilyn Q, Claveria, Rene Juna R, Bernadas, Philp Joshua C
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: human exposures; mercury; river water quality; small-scale mining; Environmental Sciences; Fresh Water Studies; Water Resource Management
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/es-faculty-pubs/81; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10653-021-01137-0
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Artisanal and small-scale mining activities are most evident among communities surrounding the Acupan River in Itogon Benguet. The mining activities include manual extraction of gold ores, use of improvised ball/rod mills and sluice boxes, and metallurgical processing such as cyanidation, carbon-in-...