The WHO-commissioned study "Mercury Exposure and Health Impacts among Individuals in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Community: A Comprehensive Review" has been published in Environmental Health Perspectives. The early on-line version of the study can be accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1307864.
The findings of this study, summarized for decision makers, were presented at the Conference of Plenipotentiaries for the Minamata Convention on Mercury in Kumamoto in October 2014, and published on the WHO website.
This short information documents for decision makers can be accessed
in English at www.who.int/entity/ipcs/assessment/public_health/mercury_asgm.pdf and in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish and Russian at www.who.int/ipcs/assessment/public_health/mercury/en/.