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1、Everyweek,morechildrenarrivetoworkinthehundredsofprimitiveminesinthebush.Heretheyendurelonghoursatdangerousjobs,wringingflecksofgoldfromthedirtwithmercury.每周，越来越多的儿童来到丛林里的数百个原始矿山工作。他们每天在这种危险的环境下工作很长时间，从带有水银的泥沙中淘出金沙。Oneofthemisa12-year-oldboynamedSaliou.Momodouisjust13yearsold
2、.ThisisaregionofAfricawhereboysofSaliou'sageareexpectedtoearnmoneyfortheirfamilies.HeworksinabushmineontheSenegal-MaliborderinthevillageofTenkoto.Senegalprohibitsanyoneunder18fromdoinghazardouswork.Andminingisamongthemosthazardousofjobs.AccordingtotheUN,miningisoneoftheworstf
3、ormsofchildlabor.However,thelawsareseldomenforced.其中一个是叫Saliou的12岁男孩。Momodou也只有13岁。在非洲的这个地区，像Saliou这么大的男孩都要被送出去为家庭赚钱。他们在塞纳加尔和马里边境上一个叫Tenkoto的小村庄的丛林矿山里工作。马里禁止18岁以下的未成年人从事危险工作，而开矿是最危险的工作之一。联合国称，矿工是最糟糕的童工现象。然而，这项法律却基本上得不到执行。Childrentravelfromminetomine,movingwiththegold.TheAPrep
4、ortsthat6monthsafterSaliouarrivedinTenkoto,itwasdecidedthattheminewasnearlydepleted.Soheandtheboyswalkedformorethanaweek,crossedtheSenegalborderandarrivedatanothermineinMali.It'sthesamestoryhereasatthemineinTenkoto.Teenageboysclamberdownmineshafts30to50metersdeep.Youngerteens
5、thenyanktherocksupwithapulley.Squattingnexttoaplastictub,boysofschoolagepourmercuryontotheirbarehands.Mercuryattractsgoldlikeamagnet.孩子们随着金子移动，从一个矿山转到另一个矿山。AP报告称，Saliou来到Tenkoto之后6个月，这座矿山就基本上被挖空了。所以，他和其他孩子一起走了一个多星期，穿过塞纳加尔边境，到了马里北部的矿山。这里的情况和Tenkoto一样。孩子们沿着杆子爬到深30到50米的矿井里。年龄稍小一
6、点的用滑轮将岩石一筐一筐的拉出来。这些学龄儿童蹲在塑料管旁边，将水银倒在裸露的手臂上。水银像磁石一样吸引这金子。TheWorldHealthOrganizationsaysthatmercuryisapotentnervetoxinandcanaffectthebrain.It'sespeciallydangerousforchildrensincetheirnervoussystemsarestilldeveloping.Typicalsymptomsofmercurypoisoningincludementalretardation,loss
7、ofbalance,tremors,blindnessandlossofhearing.世界卫生组织说，水银是强有力的神经毒药，严重者可以影响大脑。为儿童的危险性更大，因为他们的神经系统还在发育。水银中毒的典型症状包括精神迟缓，平衡失调，颤抖，失明，失聪。“Inadditiontotheactualworkthattheydoisthattheycarryveryheavyloads,theyareexposedtochemicalslikemercurywhichcauseextremedangertothem,whichposeanextre
8、medangertothenervoussystem,kidneys,therespiratorysystem,reproductive
