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The race to mine critical minerals for AI and clean energy is creating ‘sacrifice zones’ that harm water and health of world’s poor

  • Written by Abraham Nunbogu, Researcher, Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWa, United Nations University
imageAn artisanal miner holds a cobalt stone at a mine near Kolwezi, Congo, in 2022. About 20,000 people work there among toxic materials.Junior Kannah/AFP via Getty Images

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