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Agency links mining activities to pollution in 9 counties

Alloyce Otieno(17) in a gold mine site in Kuria on Sunday 01/10/17. He depend on the commodity to support their families after he drop out because of lack of school fees. [Boniface Okendo,Standard]

Small-scale miners have been linked to pollution and mercury poisoning in gold mining a regions.

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