The critical minerals boom is an opportunity to integrate public health into mining operations
By
Connor Gregory, Ciara M. Weets, and Rebecca Katz
Africa is central to the global push for cleaner energy, including the continent's stocks of critical minerals that power green-energy technologies. But a race to extract more minerals poses public health risks, from the occupational hazards miners suffer to new disease outbreaks in mining camps. There’s a better course for investors and African governments.
